[muglo] Re: ISP [formerly (no subject)]
- From: "Eric D." <hideme666@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 09:52:45 -0400
on 19/8/02 07:27, Chris at kristoff1@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> (then again, Rogers ain't much better as a
>> corporate citizen but at least I haven't been hosed by Rogers like we all
>> were (and some of us, are) by Ma Bell :(
>
> You call paying $31.33 a month for basic cable with 2 outlets "not being
> hosed"?!? I miss the cable in Sarnia where it was $21.40, and we had more
> channels on Basic.....
I don't know for sure but...
I suspect a few factors are at play... better/larger (not necessarily the
same ;) selection, inflation (which we all forget when we like to grumble)
and larger market (seems strange... larger market = higher prices (at least,
in my experience)).
What I'm think of in terms of being hosed by the Ma Bell !@#$!@#)(* is
paying $0.39/min prime time long distance in 1990, whereas now the cost is
down to $0.07 or $0.10 (whatever plan you happen to be on). Technology has
changed but that is not the primary reason for the cost drop -- competition
has and that demonstrates that Ma Bell as a monopoly was not acting as a
decent corporate citizen. Further, I've always had *horrible* experience
with Ma Bell's support (& I've been personally dealing with those a$$holes
since 1994).
Anyway, Rogers is no friend of mine either (except for they never hosed me
the way Bell used to) -- their corporate behaviour is as repugnant as that
of Bell (negative billing & monopolistic practices come to mind (it's not
like Bell not-so-High Speed Edition is real competition and good luck trying
to get another cable co. to come in... they (Rogers, Shaw, Cogeco (?)) all
have their local monopolies).
Eric.
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