Re: [Nolug] New feature of Cox High Speed Internet

Yeah, but they're increasing speed, not lowering prices. Technically, both
are happening at the backbone level, so all of the benefits should be
trickling down to us. In actuality, ISP profits are just going up.

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:52 PM, John Souvestre <johns@sstar.com> wrote:

> Hi Chris.****
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> In the short term the price will vary, but overall it is going down. How
> much did a 5M Internet feed cost 10 years ago?****
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> John
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> John Souvestre - New Orleans LA - (504) 454-0899****
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> *From:* owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org [mailto:
> owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org] *On Behalf Of *Chris Jones
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 07, 2011 1:49 pm
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> *To:* nolug@nolug.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Nolug] New feature of Cox High Speed Internet****
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> More? The $150/mo I'm paying now isn't enough? I'm already considering
> ditching Cox as it is, the costs just keep going up and up. A few years ago
> it was $120, and I haven't added any services to my account. The prices go
> up, and the amount of service we receive is going down. This is backwards,
> considering as technology improves, prices should be going down, as they are
> in every other country. In the US there is far too much monopolization on
> communications.****
>
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:17 PM, John Souvestre <johns@sstar.com> wrote:***
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> Hi Charles.
>
> Possibly, but probably not. If an ISP supplies unlimited bandwidth it
> costs
> them more. So they have to charge more.
>
> As a customer, are you willing to pay twice the rate because of the top 10%
> who double the ISP's bandwidth if there is no cap? Unless you are in that
> top 10%, the answer is generally no - hell no! :)
>
> Regards,
>
> John
>
> John Souvestre - New Orleans LA - (504) 454-0899
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org
> [mailto:owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org] On Behalf Of Charles Paul
> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 1:07 pm
> To: nolug@nolug.org
> Subject: Re: [Nolug] New feature of Cox High Speed Internet****
>
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> Are there *any* service providers for unmetered, un-capped Internet access
> in New Orleans?
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>
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:52 AM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> > Some guy came to the door trying to sel Uverse, but the only way to
> > get it cheaper than the Cox bundle was for a lower Internet speed and
> > no HD TV channels.
> >
> > On 09/06/2011 11:27 PM, Brad Bendily wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm pretty sure uverse has similar restrictions for data usage limits.
> >>
> >> http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB409045#fbid=q79OcqQzjtN
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sep 6, 2011, at 10:31 PM, Chris Jones <techmaster@gmail.com
> >> <mailto:techmaster@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Wow, uverse is looking better and better each day... Half the price
> >>> I'm paying now for the same speed, and now this?
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Ben Bullard
> >>> <<mailto:benbullard7@aol.com>benbullard7@aol.com
> >>> <mailto:benbullard7@aol.com>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 09/06/2011 03:50 PM, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Data metering. Yay!!!!!
> >>>
> >>> It's a feature! It's for your own good...
> >
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