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

What speed do you get for 150?? That seems incredibly high.

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Chris Jones <techmaster@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> -----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
>>
>> Are there *any* service providers for unmetered, un-capped Internet access
>> in New Orleans?
>>
>>
>> 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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