Once again what is it that you do at home with that $150 connection? Do you run your own business? A porn site? A very important ftp server? "Austad, Jay" wrote: > > 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. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 > > > > http://www.mn-linux.org | Fax : (952)943-8500 > > > > Key fingerprint = 02E0 2734 A1A1 DBA1 0E15 623D 0036 > > 7327 93D9 7DA3 > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------- > > > > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > tclug-list mailing list > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > ------ http://USFamily.Net/info - Unlimited Internet - From > > $8.99/mo! ------ > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list ------ http://USFamily.Net/info - Unlimited Internet - From $8.99/mo! ------ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: drew.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 265 bytes Desc: Card for Andrew Nemchenko Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20010403/83d70860/drew.vcf