> What exactly do you do at home that is so important that you 
> can justify paying $150
> a month for DSL?

I pay $200 a month for it.  :)  Actually, work pays for it.  :)



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Nemchenko [mailto:drew at usfamily.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 7:35 AM
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG] DSL woes
> 
> 
> What exactly do you do at home that is so important that you 
> can justify paying $150
> a month for DSL?
> 
> Jason Jorgensen wrote:
> 
> > When onvoy dropped DSL I switched to speakeasy.net and to 
> get the same 768k/768k
> > the charge is $150 a month instead of $70 from onvoy. Both 
> go through Covad.
> >
> > Bob Tanner wrote:
> >
> > > Quoting Thomas T. Veldhouse (veldy at veldy.net):
> > > > Yep --  I use Covad for my DSL and I work for PSINet.  
> I am heading down a
> > > > long slope to a bottomless pit.
> > >
> > > For all of you with the DSL woes, has the switch from 
> providers changed your
> > > pricing at all?
> > >
> > > If so, how (cheaper, more expensive)?
> > >
> > > I think the problem is that this national dsl providers 
> are playing the pricing
> > > game against cable and they are loosing. Cable has the 
> whole revenue model from
> > > the TV service, so IP stuff is just frosting.
> > >
> > > --
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