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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GuinnessGuy who wrote (82218)	7/10/2000 6:02:05 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Respond to of 132070

Craig, it looks good, except that I think prices have just started improving for DSL. In all honesty, I am really turned off by Compaq paper weights and doorstops. I've had many pcs, and Compaq was by far the worst I ever had. And their ability to service the product was, let us say, el stinko profundo. I use Prodigy and think they are a class outfit. I just don't see DSL as being worth $60 a month to me. Yet. But I also remember when I paid that much for an ISP. <g>

To: GuinnessGuy who wrote (82218)	7/10/2000 6:10:37 PM
From: Michael Bakunin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

A contract to pay $60 a month for two years, when you can already get DSL from SBC and others at $40 with a one-year contract. Even if DSL prices don't fall further in a year, you're out $20/mo. x 2yrs. Even if you discount at credit-card rates of 1.25%/mo., you've just given SBC a present value over $400 for an unknown quantity PC. If DSL prices do fall (and why wouldn't they?), you're out more. I'd rather bolt together a $250 kit from Fry's, if I hadn't already gotten a nearly free PC back when the ETrade rebate was worth real money. -mb