-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Jorgensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jacob Albretsen wrote:
On Thursday 24 July 2003 02:19 pm, Adrian Madrid wrote:
I must admit, to my shame, that I got Qwest by MSN DSL (DSL 1000 modem). I didn't have the extra $99 to choose another ISP and now I'm stuck.
Wait, explain this part? If you want to use an ISP besides MSN, you have to pay more? Or were you already hooked up and this is the usual "switching fee" bull companies like QWorst like to pull.
Sit down Jake, it's not nearly that bad. It's just that they waive the activation fee ($99) and let you use the modem for free ($100) if you use MSN.
Isn't that essentially equivalent to "If you want to use an ISP besides MSN, you have to pay more"?
Yes. Except that when I signed up for DSL they gave me the router for free ($250) and free activation ($99) and that was with Qwest/Xmission. The MSN thing is more just the deal of the month. They really do charge $99 or so for activation.
If some other ISP put up the cash to get promoted like that you'd see the same thing for them. This is really more like a bonus / incentive from MSN than an evil ploy by Qwest just because they're evil (they really are, but this isn't part of that).
MHO, Andrew
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