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Posted by R. C. White on June 19, 2007, 6:24 pm
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Hi, John.
In view of our recent discussion here about email providers, etc., I thought
you (and others here) might be interested in this news item that my son sent
to me today. I haven't tried to locate it online because it doesn't
interest me directly.
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Currently running Vista Ultimate x64)
> Subject: $10 DSL
> By Peter Svensson
>
> ASSOCIATED PRESS
>
> Tuesday, June 19, 2007
>
> NEW YORK - Without any fanfare, AT&T Inc. has started offering a broadband
> Internet service for $10 a month, cheaper than any advertised plan.
>
> The DSL, or digital subscriber line, plan introduced Saturday is among the
> concessions made by San Antonio-based AT&T to the Federal Communications
> Commission to get its $86 billion acquisition of BellSouth Corp. approved
> in
> December.
>
> The $10 offer is available to customers in the 22-state AT&T service
> region,
> which includes former BellSouth areas, who have never had AT&T or
> BellSouth
> broadband service, spokesman Michael Coe said Monday. Local phone service
> and a one-year contract are required. The modem is free.
>
> The plan was not mentioned in a Friday news release about AT&T's DSL
> plans.
> On the AT&T Web site, a page describing DSL options doesn't mention the
> plan, but clicking a link for "Term contract plans" reveals it. The plan
> is
> also presented to customers who go into the application process, Coe said.
>
> The service provides download speeds of up to 768 kilobits per second and
> upload speeds of up to 128 kilobits per second, matching the speeds of the
> cheapest advertised AT&T plan, which costs $19.95 per month in the
> nine-state former BellSouth area and $14.99 per month in the 13 states
> that
> were covered by AT&T before the acquisition.
>
> BellSouth generally had higher prices for DSL before it was acquired, and
> the price difference persists, although AT&T cut the price of the cheapest
> advertised plan in the Southeast region from $24.95 on Saturday.
>
> The agreement with the FCC required the company to offer the plan for at
> least 2 1/2 years. Coe said he could not comment on future advertising
> plans
> for the offer.
>
> The introduction of the plan, slightly before the deadline at the end of
> June, was first reported by The Tennessean in Nashville.
>
> Another concession to the FCC is yet to come: a plan for DSL that doesn't
> require local phone service. AT&T has another six months to introduce that
> option, which should cost at most $19.95 per month.
>
> Consumer advocates have fought for a so-called "naked DSL plan" because
> DSL
> can carry Internet-based phone calls for less than the price of local
> phone
> service.
>
> However, at 768 kilobits per second, the download speed may be too low to
> appeal to customers who use the Internet for phone calls.
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