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SBC Ignores Cries For Naked DSL
from the how-many-requests-move-up-the-chain? dept
Not a surprise at all, but SBC claims that the reason they're not offering naked DSL is because no one seems to want it. While they're probably correct that people are interested in bundled services, that doesn't mean people don't want naked DSL. From the comments on this issue (and my own experience) it's obvious that plenty of people do want it -- but SBC is making a tidy profit in forcing people like me (who has a phone line that isn't hooked up to any phone, and whose number I don't even know) to bundle useless phone service. Of course, the whole resistance to naked DSL should be proof positive that the market for broadband services in the US isn't competitive at all. If there really were a competitive market place, I'd have other options that aren't force bundled. Instead, the only options are forced bundled DSL or force bundled cable (which either requires cable TV, or makes it ridiculously expensive). And, since cable rates remain artificially high and cable has shown itself to be ridiculously unreliable it seems that we're stuck for the time being. With Presidential promises on broadband proving to be nothing more than talk (as expected) and the FCC's idea of "competition" in broadband to be a technology (BPL) that almost never seems to work, it doesn't seem like things will change any time soon. Then, of course, when local governments actually try to do anything, they're attacked as being communists for trying to offer broadband. Oh well. I guess we're learning that the FCC's morality/indecency campaign wasn't just about covering up Janet Jackson's nudity, but DSL's as well.
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I want it
Also, the reason they don't want bare DSL is that you only need to have DSL + vonnage (less than the $50 / line unlimited "bargain" they offer). or DSL + some way to terminate SIP phone calls into numbered phones, and you'd need no phone service of any kind either.
This is a case where unbundling would make incredible sense.
Same with the cell companies, but that's another topic.
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Cable Reliability
Things change ...
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SBC Local required for DSL
Anyways, we didn't even want to mess with their DSL services at that point (we were already internet-less for a week) and decided to switch all of our calling plans to AT&T (including local). All of the "major" DSL carriers that served our area required SBC local service for some strange/dumb reason. Except AT&T, which went through Covad. And we also haven't really paid attention to the news much and didn't realize that SBC was acquiring AT&T. So we switched to the same company or something like that.
If cable were cheaper, we would have just switched to Comcast (which used to be AT&T Broadband in our area) and forgot about the DSL service. We haven't quite gotten to the point where we are only using our cell phones, but we are getting closer.
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The prices are a bit high, but then again, with four people in the house, it's a bargain compared other alternatives like going back to dialup.
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get naked dsl on SBC lines
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Re: get naked dsl on SBC lines
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Re: get naked dsl on SBC lines
Speakeasy, without SBC was $99
Speakeasy, with SBC was $69
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Re: get naked dsl on SBC lines
i couldn't love it more, and it's a decent deal for 1.5 down/768 up, but there is no way i'd pay 99 for it. 55 is pretty much my limit- which is much less than i'd pay for cable+cable modem. I know the speakeasy modem itself is 99, but I'm sure the service is 55. anyway, hope that helps- it's still not as cheap as SBC/Yahoo dsl, but I'm betting the quality is better, and the TOS are much better. of course if you're not concerned about those, then it really doesn't matter. good luck searching!
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Re: get naked dsl on SBC lines
my current phone bill is 25 clams
speakeasy naked dsl is 56 clams.
sbc phone service plus DSL is 40 clams (15 clams for DSL)
definitely can't figure out why i can't get naked dsl. need it bad.
CE
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Re: get naked dsl on SBC lines
speakeasy is 56 clams.
sbc dsl WITH the local phone package is only 40 clams. you are getting scammed.
CE
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Re: I want it
Your argument is not MUTED. It's MOOT. Man am I sick of that mistake. Also people:
it's = it is
its = possessive (e.g. its malodorous stink)
And "irregardless" is bad usage. Use "regardless".
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good news???
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Re: get naked dsl on SBC lines
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SBC is better
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This is a blog, not a professional letter, so who gives a flying *uck if someone makes a few typos misses an apostrophe or incorrectly uses a word. There is a time and a place for grammar-and-usage-nazi's and this really isn't it asshole.
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Anonymous Coward: Spelling/grammar trolls are abound on the internet. You will also be happier if you just let it go. Take comfort in the fact that they're spinning their wheels about, really, nothing. The troll doesn't care about your opinion of their trolling.
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