On 4/1/2016 9:52 AM, Neal wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 12:13 AM, Victor Soich <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I might make the plunge and pay 25 bucks a month for 40
>> Mbs download speed,
>>
>
> Not sure if Russell mentioned it but you really should check on the regular
> rates after a year. It isn't easy to find. The last time I checked, it was
> something like $60/month after the first year(s). It might have been a tier
> up or down from 40Mbps, fuzzy memory, the usual disclaimers apply, but the
> was quite an eye opener. This was for just internet service, not any of the
> bundled offerings.
Not sure how it is in Oregon.
However current ads here in Missouri, personally considered
fraudulent and/or malicious advertise in *LARGE PRINT* an
attractive low rate for phone/TV/internet.
!*_HOWEVER_*! in notoriously small print it is revealed that:
1. that quoted rate is for *EACH* service.
2. you get quoted rate *IF _AND_ ONLY IF* you subscribe to all THREE.
3. the rate is a *TEASER* rate valid for only one year.
4. the rate per service will then increase over a period to their
NORMAL
*UNDERSPECIFIED* rate.
Functionally identical ads are run by:
1. local cable company operated under a local permit. {regulated
monopoly}
2. major telco presumably operating under state and federal
supervision.
3. satellite provider apparently subject to CAVEAT EMPTOR.
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