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$55 ?? - sorry to hear your predicament, dood.
I have @Home, and in my area its $30/mo. for premium service + $10/mo. modem rental. (Capped service is $25/mo. incl. modem) Installation is free as well as the nic.
It appears you are saying that they have no competition yet in the broadband market in your area. I guess that gives them free reign to charge whatever they want. Bastards!
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$39.95 Cdn a month for Sympatico's ADSL, that's including modem rental.
Which translates in about $25 American, not a bad deal really. 1.2 down/ 20 up.
Originally posted by Sticker-Shock: I was just wondering what other people were paying for their service, I was excited about this, but oh well. I'll just have to wait for DSL now.
paying 49.95 which includes a 10 dollar modem rental fee from attRR
my advertised speeds are 1.5/300 but then but real life speeds at this juncture are
1000/128 at non peak times
That's only a few dollars more than most people pay. $44.95-$39.95=$5.00, without modem rental. For the speed I get the, I would pay the extra money if I had to. Worth the money considering the time you save downloading files.
Test from Dslreports, not the fastest here but still real good,
Your download speed : 2707135 bps, or 2707 kbps.
Browsers would show : about a 330.4 k/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 820793 bps, or 820 kbps.
Your connection rocks .. above the 1mbit barrier!
I've been reading this board and others now for weeks, waiting and planning to get @Home cable service. Today my local cable service provider, Adelphia, hosted a seminar for this service. They wanted $54.95 per month!!!! My jaw nearly hit the floor. $44.95 per month if you bought the modem. I figured they would have some special price plans for this, the only thing offered at this seminar was free install, and three months for $19.95. Big deal. I haggled for I was worth, stating to them I had seen other cable company's offering @Home for flat $39.95 per month including the modem. No deal. I was just wondering what other people were paying for their service, I was excited about this, but oh well. I'll just have to wait for DSL now.
Thanks to all who responded. It looks like RoadRunner seems to be a good deal. We have no other competition in this area yet. No DSL or other cable companies. I use sat. for TV and am stuck at the $54.95 price plan. Too rich for my blood. Can't wait for Wireless Broadband.
If you add up the cost for your service, it is $5/mo. less for one year if you consider you are saving $20 a month for the first three months (total savings of $60/12 months = $5/mo.). What's another $5-10 a month anyway. That's one less cruddy meal at McDonald's.
Originally posted by BowEcho: I have Adelphia 2-way cable and I pay $39.95 a month and that includes the modem rental. The price you quoted seems a little steep.
$55 ?? 
High Service Prices. What's everyone else paying?
