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Dial-Up Internet Going the Way of Rotary Phones

Contributed by mm | June 21, 2005 11:30 AM PST





It is always nice to see price drops. I'm ok with Comcast's promotional price of about $25/month for cable Internet, but the normal price of $45 is a big ripoff.

From New York Times:

Last year, 36 million American homes, or 52 percent of all households with Internet access, used dial-up services, according to SG Cowen, the brokerage firm. That percentage is expected to drop to 40 percent at the end of this year. At the same time, cable and phone companies are expected to add 8 million broadband subscribers this year, bringing their total to 38.7 million.

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Cable companies, of course, offer a similar array of free services to woo customers. They say their broadband customers get faster and more reliable connections and that those features justify the higher prices they typically charge. They do offer some discounts if subscribers also order TV and digital phone services.

But those discounts cannot beat the prices offered by phone companies like SBC and Verizon for their digital subscriber lines, or D.S.L., services. They also market satellite television services that are generally cheaper than comparable cable television packages, and sell discounted wireless phone plans, too.
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