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Topic: Your internet fee
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Node
Knowflake Posts: 286
From: Nov. 11 2005
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 23, 2009 08:50 AM
 
 With the slashing of prices for goods, one would expect some services to follow suit. Some have. When I researched internet fees in the past, cable DSL seemed the way to go. But too expensive. I live in an area where a fiber optic network was laid years ago. Competition has brought many new players to the field; there is a catch though. one single co. owns those tiny cables. I also found that my dial up service reduced basic service price eons ago to $10....while I stupidly have been paying full price...$25! The plans for FIOS, Cable, and satellite, offer great start up deals---then hike sharply. Starting at $29, then going to the regular rate which is around $42 for many of them. So, what do you pay? Interested. You aussies, brits, continent...where ever, if you would post a quick one I would appreciate any reply, thanks in advance. 
30 USD= 18.3 GBP
30 USD= 34.3 AUD
30 USD= 20 EURO
30 USD= 32 CAD (canadian) IP: Logged |
cpn_edgar_winner
Knowflake Posts: 1529
From: Toledo, OH
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 23, 2009 08:59 AM
30usd for high speedIP: Logged |
Deux*Antares
Knowflake Posts: 482
From: No Permanent Address
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 23, 2009 10:41 AM
Free! 
My brother's office is paying for it. He works in IT for an oil and gas company.
The bill is 50 USD per month.
We are letting 5 neighbors connect to our internet for free.IP: Logged |
Happy Dragon
Knowflake Posts: 198
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Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 23, 2009 01:54 PM
31.18 uk pounds 'n pence
phone and broadband
( virgin media )IP: Logged |
woah city
Knowflake Posts: 441
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Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 23, 2009 03:02 PM
free till the end of the month (i also have a generous neighbour, but he's moving away in a week! sniff). after that: i dunno! i think high speed is ridiculously expensive (i think all three providers around here are in the 40 dollars canadian range). is dialup any better than it was 10 years ago?IP: Logged |
Dervish
Knowflake Posts: 276
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Registered: May 2009
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posted September 23, 2009 11:43 PM
$30 a month, but it's not that good (cheapest, too, without going back to dial up). But I'd hate to go back to dial up, especially as I like watching videos and the like. But even now I still can't run HD videos, not even if I let them fully load first before playing them (it just keeps freezing over & over again). But no problems with HQ vids. IP: Logged |
Node
Knowflake Posts: 286
From: Nov. 11 2005
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 25, 2009 09:14 AM
Well it sounds like wireless *sharing* is the least expensive option  I am far too paranoid to go wireless. It simply makes you more vulnerable imo. Same goes for wireless phones v land line. RE: Improvement of dial-up technology. Laughs hard
No vids other than 1 mb...ok that is an exaggeration. But I will say if I am downloading something. Anything- I cannot surf with impunity. Low tech LL pages will often take close to two minutes to refresh. the average being around 1 min. I have stubbornly kept a tube vid playing [buffering every 3 sec's mind you] out of sheer determination. One was an Ashley MacIssac.  Spending close to 400 a year for internet doesn't sound like so much, a dollar a day. And half of all the goodies on my new comp could actually be utilized. IP: Logged |
LEXX
Moderator Posts: 289
From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat.........& LEXIGRAMMING... is my Passion!
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 26, 2009 08:38 PM
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Node
Knowflake Posts: 286
From: Nov. 11 2005
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 27, 2009 08:45 AM
Hi LEXX: I hear your frownie. When you think of the profit margin it is ridiculous. Unfortunately with web content the way it is.. [and increasingly] becoming more visual, with embedded code, even a top of the line machine is severely hampered.I could pay $10- for dial up and continue as I have. Twice that price. $20 sounds more reasonable than 3 or 4 X the price. Maybe with all of the *roamers* sharing, the companies keep those prices in line for the lost revenue. Shrugs. Who knows. Then you have the existing monopoly on the Optics themselves. It is somewhat of a requirement now [high-speed] as opposed to a luxury. Just for grins I opened my wireless to check a network. I have 7 networks in range. 5 secured. I could go *free* pretty easy.
Miss paranoid wont do that though.  IP: Logged |
SpooL
Knowflake Posts: 62
From: Toronto/Ottawa,Canada
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 28, 2009 11:18 AM
woah city,Who's your service provider? in the West. Rogers is a thief. We use to be on Rogers Hi-Speed Extreme, its $50 a month but went down to $40 for Rogers Hi-Speed medium. $30 just gets Rogers light, just slightly faster then dialup. IP: Logged |
Lindaland
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