QWest charges a fee when you change ISPs for DSL, the ISP's don't unless by
contract.

Tom Veldhouse
veldy at veldy.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gabe Turner" <gabe at msi.umn.edu>
To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Qwest/M$N Deal


> Well, if you're using Qwest.net now (or MSN if they've switched), Qwest
(or
> MSN) won't charge you to switch to a different ISP, unless, of course,
> you've signed some sort of contract with them stating that you'd use their
> service for given period of time. In which case you may be breaking that
> contract and be subject to whatever penalties the contract stated you
would
> be subject to if you were to break it.
>
> If no such contract exists, you could easily switch ISPs, but most ISPs
> charge some sort of setup fee for initiating an account with them (in my
> experience, it's been in the $20-$40 range), so you may have to pay
> _something_ to switch to a new ISP.
>
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 08:48:49AM -0500, dan wrote:
> > Does anyone know if we will be charged to switch our DSL service over to
> > another ISP if we dont want to use M$N?
>
> [snip]
>
> Gabe
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