anybody out there still on dial-up because of price?

bigwaylon

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just figured I'd toss this out there...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/tech/20070618-1208-at&t-$10dsl.html

SignOnSanDiego.com said:
AT&T quietly introduces $10 DSL plan, part of BellSouth merger concessions

By Peter Svensson
ASSOCIATED PRESS

12:08 p.m. June 18, 2007

NEW YORK – Without any sort of fanfare, AT&T Inc. has started offering a broadband Internet service for $10 a month, half the price of its cheapest advertised plan.
The DSL, or digital subscriber line, plan introduced Saturday is part of the concessions made by AT&T to the Federal Communications Commission to get its $86 billion acquisition of BellSouth Corp. approved last December.

The $10 offer is available to customers in the 22-state AT&T service region, which includes former BellSouth areas, who have never had AT&T or BellSouth broadband, spokesman Michael Coe confirmed Monday. Local phone service and a one-year contract are required. The modem is free.

The plan was not mentioned in a Friday news release about AT&T's DSL plans, and is slightly hidden on the AT&T Web site. A page describing DSL options doesn't mention it, but clicking a link for “Term contract plans” reveals it. It's also presented to customers who go into the application process, Coe said.

The service provides download speeds of up to 768 kilobits per second and upload speeds of up to 128 kbps, matching AT&T's $19.95 plan.

The agreement with the FCC required the company to offer the plan for at least 2½ years. Coe said he could not comment on future advertising plans for the offer.

The introduction of the plan, slightly before the deadline at the end of June, was first reported by The Tennessean in Nashville.

Another concession to the FCC is yet to come: a plan for DSL that doesn't require local phone service. AT&T has another six months to introduce that option, which should cost at most $19.95 per month.

Consumer advocates have fought for this so-called “naked DSL plan,” because DSL can carry Internet-based phone calls for less than the price of local phone service. However, at 768 kbps, the download speed may be too low to appeal to the relatively sophisticated customers who use the Internet for phone calls. [/i]
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I'm not even gonna ask anybody to let me get a referral off of this...cause I don't wanna be a vendor here... ;)

just figured I'd post it up, as it's not really advertised anywhere...

that's about half the speed of the basic plan...but if you figure a good dial-up runs 56K, then 768K is considerably faster...can't beat it for $10, especially if you have a second line just for the internet (that could now be disconnected)...

some of the "details" that came in the company email:


FastAccess DSL Term Agreement Plans Available

  • FastAccess DSL Lite with term agreement. Monthly price is $10 per month and requires a 12-month commitment. Except for free dsl modem with term agreement, this plan is not eligible for any other promotions. Plan is available to new FastAccess DSL customers who have not previously subscribed to AT&T or BellSouth’s high-speed Internet and who order online. To order FastAccess DSL Lite with term agreement, visit www.bellsouth.com and enter your telephone number to order the service.
  • Free DSL Modem with term agreement for BellSouth or AT&T Dial Subscribers Upgrading to FastAccess DSL. Requires a 12-month commitment. To obtain the free modem, visit www.bellsouth.com and enter your telephone number to order FastAccess DSL, and indicate that you have Dial service with AT&T or BellSouth.

Terms and Conditions
FastAccess DSL Lite with term agreement: Requires subscription to FastAccess DSL Lite (Downstream speeds up to 768Kbps/Upstream speeds up to 128Kbps) for twelve (12) months from the date of activation. Eligibility: customers who order online and who have not previously subscribed to FastAccess DSL service from BellSouth or high-speed Internet service from AT&T. FastAccess DSL is subject to the terms and conditions of the BellSouth Internet Service Agreement (“Service Agreement”). Termination of FastAccess service, or if service is terminated for violation of the Service Agreement, prior to the expiration of twelve (12) months from the activation date, will incur a $50 termination fee that represents a portion of the network activation and setup costs foregone as a result of such termination.
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just figured I'd pass it on...

Greg
 
hehe
Yea
Unfortunately it still isn't offered to the boonies where my parents live.
I saw it on /. yesterday. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/18/220240

Finally get them to agree it's worth it to pay for high speed, (or at least not really really slow speed) and nothing but the crappy sat plans will work where they live.

But I think they are going to do the 10$/month deal for their condo at the beach.
 
I'm still dial up because my only option is satellite. If I could get Time Warner down my rural dead end road I would sign up for cable, internet, VOIP, and security if it was offered. My neighbors would also go for it.
 
Kevin Lawler said:
I'm still dial up because my only option is satellite. If I could get Time Warner down my rural dead end road I would sign up for cable, internet, VOIP, and security if it was offered. My neighbors would also go for it.
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If you can get dial up then you can get DSL..
 
BRUISER said:
If you can get dial up then you can get DSL..
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thats not true in my parts. the boonies dont have lines capable for DSL its not offered at my grandmothers thru embarq or anyone else and its just now being offered where i live
 
BRUISER said:
If you can get dial up then you can get DSL..
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Not true, at least where I live.

BS repeatedly told me I could get DSl, told them to bring it on, they would come out and then tell me it couldn't be done, it won't work, yadda yadda...

Time Warner bought out the local cable company, rebuilt/upgraded the whole system out this way, and I now get RoadRunner, and the full digital package.

Bellsouth/Att are no longer.
 
DSL you have to be within 18k feet of one of their DSLAMs. They are all over our county now, but there are still a few places that they can't reach.

And that's 18000 feet of copper wire, not radius....I have a friend that lives less than 1 mile from the CO, but he's almost 20k feet of wire to there.

Not a bad deal on the 10 bucks, especially if you just use for email and light stuff. I am usually on dialup at night, because I pay for it DSL at the office, and really don't want it at home, I got enough distractions already.
 
Been there done that. Too far from the equipment.

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