AT&T Cable price increase in Nashua, DSL alternative?

[Jefferson Kirkland]

Actually, I had read a while back that Earthlink had gotten the go-ahead to 
use AT&T's network to obtain high speed cable internet service.  The bill 
would come from AT&T, but the service was Earthlink.  The last I checked, 
it was around $40-$45 or so for the service and it was available here in 
Nashua.

Regards,

Jeff Kirkland



At 05:43 PM 12/26/2002 -0500, Rob Lembree wrote:
>So I got this letter in the mail today from AT&T saying
>that unless I use them for cable television, my broadband
>price is going to go up to $60.95.  This is nothing more
>than extortion, and I'm not going to go for it.
>
>I hate cable TV, my satellite's much cheaper, with better
>signal, more channels, I get high-def, and I don't rent their
>crappy equipment every month.   What's that about cold, dead
>hands?
>
>So, I'm looking for alternatives.  We're in the middle of a
>great DSL topic, which I'm watching carefully, but can anyone
>speak to DSL service in Nashua?  I'm sure that there are a
>lot of data-only cable subscribers who'll be looking to jump
>away from AT&T now that they've gotten even greedier.
>
>On a related topic, anyone know if other companies can use
>the cable system as a last mile delivery mechanism, or is
>this part of their monopoly?
>
>Basically, I'm going to ditch AT&T even if it costs more,
>purely on principal.
>
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>
>Rob Lembree                        Metro Link Incorporated
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