"Entry level pricing"

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Shannon McElyea <shannonm () gmail com>
Date: October 1, 2009 7:40:06 PM EDT
To: "dave () farber net" <dave () farber net>
Subject: Re: [IP] "Entry level pricing"

I wish. I have hughesnet -- the only carrier to serve where I live.  
It's expensive horrible and a threshold of 300 mb per day and if you  
go over it throttles to almost nothing for 48 hours!! Try getting any  
work done with that.


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On Oct 1, 2009, at 4:06 PM, Dave Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:

> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: Bob Drzyzgula <bob () drzyzgula org>
> > Date: October 1, 2009 18:42:20 EDT
> > To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> > Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> > Subject: Re: "Entry level pricing"
> >
> > FWIW, I checked the pricing for various options here in the
> > Maryland subburbs of DC. Excluding bundle, promotional and
> > tied-to-voice-service pricing, (although possibly requiring
> > a contract) I came up with a minimum entry-level pricing
> > of $20/mo:
> >
> > Verizon DSL
> >          1M/384K   $20/mo
> >          3M/768K   $30/mo
> >          7M/768K   $43/mo
> > Verizon FiOS
> >          15M/5M    $55/mo
> >          25M/15M   $70/mo
> >          50M/20M   $145/mo
> > Comcast
> >          1M/384K   $25/mo
> >          15M/3M    $43/mo
> >          50M/10M  $100/mo
> > RCN
> >          3M/768K   $53/mo
> >          10M/800K  $63/mo
> >          20M/2M    $88/mo
> > Speakeasy/Covad
> >          1.5M/384K $55/mo
> >
> > Note that Speakeasy has more options but I couldn't find
> > a way to get pricing without talking to a salesperson.
> > Verizon will give you $17.99/mo pricing on the 1M service
> > if you have voice service and sign up for a 2 year
> > contract.
> >
> > --Bob
> >
> > On 01/10/09 18:02 -0400, David Farber wrote:
> > > Begin forwarded message:
> > >
> > > From: Dan Gillmor <dan () gillmor com>
> > > Date: October 1, 2009 4:45:49 PM EDT
> > > To: dave () farber net
> > > Subject: "Entry level pricing"
> > >
> > > > .  The average price of entry-level broadband for 5 major providers
> > > > moved
> > > > from $50 a month in 2001, to $33 in 2004, to $25 in 2007.  Verizon 
> > > > ‚s
> > > > own
> > > > entry-level price in 2009 is $17.99 a month, with a 12 month  
> > > > contract.
> > >
> > > From what I can tell, "entry-level" tends to mean a) low speed  
> > > that is
> > > broadband only by US carriers' slippery standards; b) a come-on  
> > > price
> > > that rises at the end of the contract; or c) both.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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