Internet Question

[StoopTroup]

Why does it cost so much to have high speed internet service?

Do ISPs pay someone for internet access?

Is the cost you pay meerly for the access and support of the ISP?

Just wondering.

[critical_phil]

because people will gladly pay it.


it's just a guess........

[Hatfield]

because "the man" hates you.

he should be damned.

damn the man

[sanantoniosooner]

Supply and demand.

More hardware/cost/technical issues than dialup.

greedy SOBs.

[mdklatt]

Do ISPs pay someone for internet access?

Yes.



Is the cost you pay meerly for the access and support of the ISP?


Probably not.

[Pieces Hit]

Because the lust for porn can never be satisfied on a dial-up.

[StoopTroup]

My DSL service is coming up for renewal and they want 5 bucks more every year.

I figured it was greed.

[yermom]

"so much"?

it's cheaper than my cell phone, or landline at this point, and i use it a lot more than i use either of those things

[StoopTroup]

$34.95 per month seems steep to me.

I just think the maturity slope of the product should have the price dropping and the market becoming more competitive.

It still seems that the only way to judge who's ISP product is the best is to try it for yourself.

Start-up ISPs seem risky and the ones that seem to have a lock on the market abuse their customers IMO.

[mrowl]

its really cheap if you have a good wi-fi antenna. :D

[StoopTroup]

its really cheap if you have a good wi-fi antenna. :D
Gotcha. lol.

I'm waiting for the neighbor to go to work so I can water my yard.

[critical_phil]

$34.95 per month seems steep to me.

I just think the maturity slope of the product should have the price dropping and the market becoming more competitive.

It still seems that the only way to judge who's ISP product is the best is to try it for yourself.

Start-up ISPs seem risky and the ones that seem to have a lock on the market abuse their customers IMO.


i'm not gonna argue that high-speed isn't a complete racket (and cell phones too)

americans LOVE convenience and will pay just about anything for it.

[yermom]

$34.95 per month seems steep to me.

I just think the maturity slope of the product should have the price dropping and the market becoming more competitive.

It still seems that the only way to judge who's ISP product is the best is to try it for yourself.

Start-up ISPs seem risky and the ones that seem to have a lock on the market abuse their customers IMO.

well, it used to be lots more than that for ISDN at home, and that is 128k max

the big dialup services are still like $25+

i will say that they could stabilize the service a bit, i think it took off more than they thought it would, at least on the cable side

i haven't dealt with DSL really, but those seem to be the only real choices unless you are in some rural spot and can't get them

[Mjcpr]

Mine is only $40. :O

[critical_phil]

Mine is only $40. :O


40 for innerweb....50 for cable....60 for phones...200 for cell phones.



i wish i made bruce-type bucks.........

[Mjcpr]

40 for innerweb....50 for cable....60 for phones...200 for cell phones.

i wish i made bruce-type bucks.........

My innerweb is with my cable company....that bill is $133/month. :eek: I'm sure I could get by cheaper with satellite and DSL but what a giant pain in the *** it is to chage, especially to change ISP's.

[1stTimeCaller]

then you could drive a $43,000 Subaru

[yermom]

i'm not even sure there are $43,000 Subarus

[Widescreen]

My innerweb is with my cable company....that bill is $133/month. :eek: I'm sure I could get by cheaper with satellite and DSL but what a giant pain in the *** it is to chage, especially to change ISP's.
Please tell me that the $133 includes television service. Otherwise that's the worst price evar.

I pay $55/month for Comcast cable internet for 4Mb down. I wish they had some cheaper tiers because I don't need that much bandwidth. I'd do fine at 2Mb. However, I also use Vonage for my home phone service which is cheap - $25/month. The problem is I'm now pretty much locked into what I have. If I decided to save money and go back to dialup, I'd have to have my landline turned back on which I don't really want to do. I figure I'm still ahead the way it is.

[critical_phil]

my neighborhood association doesn't allow satellite dishes...uggh.


and i would i would never turn in my hetero-card, even for a $43K subaru.

[mdklatt]

40 for innerweb....50 for cable....60 for phones...200 for cell phones.



i wish i made bruce-type bucks.........

Sounds like you already do. :eek:

[yermom]

yeah, c_p you have like 8 phones or something?

[critical_phil]

no, i've got about 42 kids.........


just added another teenage driver to the insurance this past august. there will be another one going on this august. which means we'll get another car. one in college now. one starts college in fall '07, the next in fall '08. just started one in braces (that makes 4 in the past six years).




which means i'm probably coming out of retirement........

[StoopTroup]

I just think they have us all hooked like junkies and they are controlling the amount of product they offer us.

Let the ISP Revolution start! :D

We will overcome! ;)

[Widescreen]

my neighborhood association doesn't allow satellite dishes...uggh.
If you want a satellite dish, you can have one. HOA's are not allowed to restrict them anymore.

http://www.ccfj.net/FCClaw.htm

[critical_phil]

If you want a satellite dish, you can have one. HOA's are not allowed to restrict them anymore.

http://www.ccfj.net/FCClaw.htm


hmm. makes me wonder how much of the other stuff in my HOA agreement is BS.


we got a little note taped to the front door a couple of weeks back because my daughter parked in the street for a couple of hours.

[Widescreen]

hmm. makes me wonder how much of the other stuff in my HOA agreement is BS.
That part about Phil and family not being allowed to dump raw sewage from their trailer into the water runoff drain is still enforcable.

[skycat]

hmm. makes me wonder how much of the other stuff in my HOA agreement is BS.


we got a little note taped to the front door a couple of weeks back because my daughter parked in the street for a couple of hours.

We got a nastygram because a trailer was parked in front of our house. I have no idea whose trailer it was, but it wasn't ours. And for stuff like this we get to pay hundreds of dollars a year.

I friggin' hate our HOA.

[Harry Beanbag]

Reminds me of that joke:



Why is divorce so expensive?

-Because it's worth it.

[mdklatt]

My parents got a nastygram from the HOA because a car parked in the driveway had a flat tire. :rolleyes:

[StoopTroup]

Effin Hillybillies and their HOAs. ;)

http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil/photo/images/photo75.jpg

[soonerboomer93]

my neighborhood association doesn't allow satellite dishes...uggh.


and i would i would never turn in my hetero-card, even for a $43K subaru.

that would be illegal, they can limit the placement of them (ie not on the roof) but not the use of the dish, you have every right to install it in a private use area

[Ike]

hmmm...I have free high-speed at home. go figure.

[skycat]

hmmm...I have free high-speed at home. go figure.

Me too. One of the benefits of my wife working out of the house is her company pays for DSL/phone.

[mrowl]

My parents got a nastygram from the HOA because a car parked in the driveway had a flat tire. :rolleyes:

my parents got a letter because the roof of my dads storage shed didn't match the roof of the house. :rolleyes:

I think his words were: "kiss my ***"

[critical_phil]

my parents got a letter because the roof of my dads storage shed didn't match the roof of the house. :rolleyes:


yep.

i'm not allowed to have any out buildings unless the same brick/roofing is used as is on the house.


which means i'll never have any kind of storage shed.

[Harry Beanbag]

yep.

i'm not allowed to have any out buildings unless the same brick/roofing is used as is on the house.


which means i'll never have any kind of storage shed.


Yeah, I can't see putting a Mexican tile roof on a storage shed.

[mdklatt]

Yeah, I can't see Mexicans putting a tile roof on a storage shed.

I see them doing that kind of stuff all the time around here. :confused:

[Taxman71]

my parents got a letter because the roof of my dads storage shed didn't match the roof of the house. :rolleyes:

I think his words were: "kiss my ***"

I once had a neighbor who took that approach and eventually had a warrant for his arrest (OKC). Seems all the fines, fees, etc. mounted up to the point a bench warrant was issued. It made the news, but nothing ever came of it. He sold the house and moved to a non-HOA neighborhood.

However, having grown up seeing house painted lime green and a neighbor's semi parked in the grass of a front yard, I am all for HOA restrictions. It is just those old windbags with no life enforcing them that are the problem.

Ever see those tornado shelters built in someone's front yard? Mindboggling.

[mdklatt]

Ever see those tornado shelters built in someone's front yard?

The 1600-1700 block of W. Boyd.

[Taxman71]

I always love how the air vent is 'hidden' by a terra cotta pot and a wooden cutout of some old lady bending over.

[StoopTroup]

I am so tempted to switch to cable again for awhile...

I just got a Cox affer for:

Complete Basic Cable
High speed internet
4mb download speed
Cox phone service

$85.31 per month

Free Installation

The fine print on the ad is so small that I had to use a x10 magnifying glass to read it. Stuff like that is why I'm skepticle to go with thier service again.

I'm sure I'll find something about it that PO's me enough to stay with my DSL and DTV.

[mrowl]

I just told the phone company to die a few days ago. I signed up for comcast internet only, and Vonage. Everything rocks.