Earthlink Cable
hewitt_tech
hewitt_tech at comcast.net
Fri Aug 12 19:07:01 EDT 2005
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill McGonigle" <bill at bfccomputing.com>
Nice web site Bill!
To: "Travis Roy" <travis at scootz.net>
Cc: "GNHLUG" <gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: Earthlink Cable
>
> On Aug 10, 2005, at 16:34, Travis Roy wrote:
>
>> Anybody on the list use Earthlink's cable service?
>>
>> It's cheaper then Comcast.
>
> I don't actually know anything about it, but the FCC doesn't require cable
> companies to share access to their cable plants, so it's probably a
> branding/co-marketing thing. So I'd bet a donut that it's the same thing
> as Comcast if you have Comcast in your neighborhood. Looks like $46/mo
> from their site - we're paying $60 up here in Adelphia country.
>
> But Earthlink should have more incentive to compete in a 'naked cable
> modem' world than the guys who sell TV programming - I think part of my
> $60 bill is a tax for not buying video service.
I ran into that with Comcast. I was buying their "Basic" television service
for $6/month and paying close to $60 for internet service. I then switched
to "Standard" television service ($45/month) and they reduced my internet
service to $45. It so happens that Verizon will sell you DSL in my
neighborhood for $30/month but of course the assumption is that you have a
POTS line and that tends to run up to $50/month. Since Comcast was running
at least 3 times faster than DSL (I'm about 8,500' from the DCO), I stuck
with Comcast. I also use Vonage for all my in-house calling and that runs
around $25/month but is basically unlimited for the US and Canada. I have
relatives in Canada so being able to dial Canada and have an unlimited
calling plan is nice. It's also nice to be able to call anyone in the US and
not pay per minute too...
No free lunch I think...
-Alex
>
> -Bill
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