Re: [TCLUG:6489] Qwest bids for USWest Really RE: DSL

[David Guy Brizan <dbrizan@mr.net>]

> [....] It's still $40 (line) +$20 (ISP) for 256k
> service from USWest, right?

Actually, USWest is the middle of a promotion now, through the first
week of July. Their 256K service is just barely cheaper than what Onvoy
offers -- right around $50/month -- but does not include a static IP
address.

(I signed up with USWest the day before MRNet became Onvoy and made
their service available, so I have a hybrid -- MRNet as my ISP and
USWest as the carrier. The total cost is $53/month or so, with the
static IP address.)

> BTW, USWest's DSL routers AND installation are free? I remember a promo
> where they had free routers, but the install wasn't free...

You're almost correct. USWest has a $245 REBATE on their router, etc.
But the EXTERNAL router (which I got) costs $295. (The internal card /
router costs $245, so that's essentially free.)

The installation is not free or discounted. And, if I understand the
directions correctly, they don't actually do anything but walk into your
house (or apartment) and make a mess of your floor. They don't actually
perform an installation on your machine or anything useful. Of course,
that would be academic: Linux is not a supported platform.

-- 

Nothing convinces me that computing is an art so much as a bad install.

David Guy Brizan          brizan@freenet.msp.mn.us          612-814-8223


Neal Tovsen wrote:
> 
> >
> > $300+ for ISDN?
> >
> > Wow! Shop around, most ISPs, include Real Time offer ISDN at $25/month.
> >
> > Are they prices for dedicated ISDN?
> > --
> 
> Yup. She has 128k "nailed-up" ISDN service. She would pay over $300/mo for
> always-on 384k service, which I'll be getting for $60/mo. OK...so my
> uploads aren't 384. I'll live.
> 
> Flat-rate ISDN is very expensive. Even the per-minute stuff is more
> expensive for my usage than this DSL option considering that $25 only gets
> you *service.* The line tarriffs on the kind of time I needed were running
> $80/mo. last time I checked (a while ago, admittedly). Onvoy's price
> INCLUDES a static IP, two email accounts and Web server space. It isn't
> just the line. At that rate, it is FASTER than the comparable USWest
> service for the same price. It's still $40 (line) +$20 (ISP) for 256k
> service from USWest, right?
> 
> Anyway, I'm happy that I will finally have something other than my 33.6
> modem for a price I can afford. Even if it is more expensive than USWest,
> I don't have that option.
> 
> BTW, USWest's DSL routers AND installation are free? I remember a promo
> where they had free routers, but the install wasn't free...
> 
> Neal
> 
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