[Shotimes] OT: (Was: Sorry Ron) Dumping AOL

[Ron Porter]

$49.95, but I also got the deal that waived the $100 equipment fee when I
installed it myself.

Regular rates seem to be settling in at the $50 mark.

Ron Porter 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kerby Haltom [mailto:kerbyh@netzero.net] 
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 7:09 PM
To: Ron Porter; KICKINSHO@aol.com; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] OT: (Was: Sorry Ron) Dumping AOL


SBC just dropped their first year to 26.95 here in North Texas.  I don't 
know what it is after that, but it can't go up too much, everyone would 
drop it and sign up later for the cheap deal...

Kerby

At 04:33 PM 10/11/03 -0400, Ron Porter wrote:
>Three things:
>
>One is that I feel that $49.95/month is well worth it for having broadband
>over dial-up. It's especially important now that I do much of my work from
>home (well, and I'm now reimbursed as a home office expense!!).
>
>The second is that we used to have a 2nd phone line for the PC. That alone
>had a total of about $38/month ($34-35 base charge, plus taxes). So, in my
>mind, it was well worth spending about $12/month extra for broadband, as we
>then dropped the 2nd phone line.
>
>The third is that the $49.95 SBC broadband (or any of them, AFAIK) also are
>an ISP, and SBC also gives you at least 5 e-mail IDs free. At that point,
>you could drop your AOL or whatever, so that $21.95 can go away. Yes, you
>need to change e-mail IDs, but IMHO using AOL e-mail IDs for business (also
>using Hotmail, Yahoo) is very unprofessional-looking (not just my opinion,
I
>hear it from many people).
>
>So, in my case, paying $38/month for a 2nd phone line, plus $18/month for
>Prodigy dial-up ISP (total: $56) went to a single charge of $49.95 for DSL
>broadband. And if you aren't home, you can still get your e-mail from any
>web browser.
>
>In reality, we kept the Prodigy-now-SBC-dial-up service, as I needed a full
>ISP for my laptop on business trips. SBC still would have let us keep our
>old Prodigy e-mail IDs, since they bought Prodigy.
>
>Ron Porter
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>On Behalf Of KICKINSHO@aol.com
>Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 3:08 PM
>To: bjshov8@comcast.net; shotimes@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT: Sorry Ron
>
>
>Interesting................We have been thinking about getting a different
>Internet Provider, but we (my husband and I) both have email addresss for
>our
>business.
>
>SBC sounds good, but the $29.95 price is only for the first year.   I am
too
>
>tight to spend the money they want for some of this stuff.  I refuse to get
>anything more than basic cable because of the price.  DSL and Broadband and
>all
>that jazz just seem so pricey.  I guess one of these days I will have to
>give
>in, but for now, I am going to spend my "extra cash" on SHO related items.
>Oh
>yeah, and beer!
>
>
>
>Kris
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