What is the actual SBC DSL Price?
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Posted by dg on October 24, 2004, 4:41 pm
Please log in for more thread options I'm interested in getting DSL, but I am confused about the prices. The cheapest service I found was SBC Yahoo! DSL for $26.95. But it says there are additional monthly fees. What are those? Also, it says in the terms that the normal price will be in effect after the one year term ends. Is it $49.95 a month after? Basically, I am asking for the actual, total cost of SBC Yahoo! DSL. Hopefully someone has this service on this newsgroup can inform me. And what it would cost after the one year term ends. And if there are other cheap DSL providers, I would appreciate info about them, too. Thank you for your time. | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by NormanM on October 25, 2004, 4:53 am
Please log in for more thread options There are some government mandated fees which the government prohibits the telcos from calling "taxes", even though a government mandated fee is a tax. They don't have to be collected from the customer, but they must be paid. The telcos usually list them as "additional fees" in order to advertise a lower price for the connection. I don't know if those also apply to cablecos; possibly only to telcos. > Also, it says in the terms that the normal price will be in effect
> after the one year term ends. Is it $49.95 a month after? Yes; for the Basic $26.95 a month package. Keep an eye out at the end of your year; in some SBC regions they will let you renew the one-year contract for $26.95 a month. > Basically, I am asking for the actual, total cost of SBC Yahoo! DSL.
> Hopefully someone has this service on this newsgroup can inform me. > And what it would cost after the one year term ends. I don't handle the bill, so I don't see the mandated fee. I believe it is still under $29.99 a month with the fee. If you are so fortunate as to have an opportunity to renew the one-year contract, your price should not go up. > And if there are other cheap DSL providers, I would appreciate info
> about them, too. I am not aware of anybody undercutting SBC DSL; but there are some competitive packages out there. -- Norman ~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta ~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain ~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by bob prohaska on October 25, 2004, 5:59 am
Please log in for more thread options > Hi,
I just (two months ago) turned on their 5-static service. So far I've
> > I'm interested in getting DSL, but I am confused about the prices. The > cheapest service I found was SBC Yahoo! DSL for $26.95. But it says > there are additional monthly fees. What are those? seen the advertised cost only, $54.95 per month. They did zing me for a $250 tech visit, but in the end I'm not sure that was a bad deal; the router they gave me has a 250 page manual and I don't run M$ on my boxes so their "autoinstall" stuff won't work. When the tech left I _knew_ the router was working, after that it was my problem. Interestingly, I registered three domains in .com, .org and .net at the same time, with the understanding that I'd run my own nameservers. They have not yet charged me for the domain registration. (admittedly, I've not yet got the nameservers working either!). > Also, it says in the terms that the normal price will be in effect
No idea at this point, but by the time a year elapses the terms will
> after the one year term ends. Is it $49.95 a month after? > probably change 8-) bob prohaska | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by on October 25, 2004, 6:54 pm
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> Basically, I am asking for the actual, total cost of SBC Yahoo! DSL.
> Hopefully someone has this service on this newsgroup can inform me. > And what it would cost after the one year term ends. After the year anything could happen, because things change faster than that. For example I got 6 meg service at a "once-in-a-lifetime" cheap-o guaranteed to never to go up price even though everyone else would have to pay twice as much for the same thing and guess what - here it is many months later and anyone can still get the very same deal. > And if there are other cheap DSL providers, I would appreciate info
> about them, too. I am using DSL Extreme. Right now they are selling DSL for $21.95 a month for the first year. They are most likely losing a little money that, but after the year the price goes up... As for extra charges, I have the 6 meg service for $59.95 a month and the only additional thing they add is a $2.21 Federal Universal Service Charge for an actual total monthly cost of $62.16. No other taxes at all even though I'm in the same state they are (California). Billy Y.. | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Some One on October 25, 2004, 7:20 pm
Please log in for more thread options dgtester@yahoo.com (dg) wrote in news:8c17d315.0410241241.3815f625
@posting.google.com: > Hi,
> > I'm interested in getting DSL, but I am confused about the prices. The > cheapest service I found was SBC Yahoo! DSL for $26.95. But it says > there are additional monthly fees. What are those? > > Also, it says in the terms that the normal price will be in effect > after the one year term ends. Is it $49.95 a month after? Yes, the normal price would be $49.95 per month. > Basically, I am asking for the actual, total cost of SBC Yahoo! DSL.
> Hopefully someone has this service on this newsgroup can inform me. > And what it would cost after the one year term ends. So far I have not heard of SBC raising prices after the one year term ends. My sister's rate has actually gone down. She started at $29.95 per month about 2.5 years ago, she now pays $26.95 per month. My SBC DSL service just dropped in price this month, from $29.95 to $26.95, and my one year term ended at the end of May, 2004. | ||||||||||||||||
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> cheapest service I found was SBC Yahoo! DSL for $26.95. But it says
> there are additional monthly fees. What are those?