Anyone using att@home or road runner guess what?

[dolphins]

I dont know if anyones brought this up but this just in as reported by cnet:

AT&T plans to raise its monthly cable modem Internet-access fees by $6 per month effective June 1, CNET News.com has learned.

The long-distance and cable giant is expected to inform current broadband Net customers via email in May of the planned rate hike, according to a source familiar with the plans.

The expected rate hikes could affect more than 1 million of the nearly 1.3 million consumers who subscribe to the company's AT&T@Home and Road Runner services in various cities, the source said. Because the hikes have not yet been announced, it is possible that AT&T could change the amount and the timing of the increase, or back off entirely, if it meets with consumer resistance.

Dont you just love a monopoly.

 

[wyvrn]

Well they are not a complete monopoly, you have DSL, satellite, ISDN, and yes even dialup. But as a new customer, this is suck.

 

[V]

Dang! $47 dollars now!:frown:

 

[dolphins]

And now that all of the dsl companies like covad , rythms, northpoint are going the way of the dodo, and folks like at&t can buy their networks and customer base at .02 on the dollar less competition means higher prices. Beautiful and thank you FCC for making a mess of it.

 

[MichaelD]

Well, I pay $50/mo for SWB DSL...the "basic package" to boot. I did have the option of getting Roadrunner, but didn't hear too many good things about it from the folks in my area (I'm NOT turning this into a Cable Vs. DSL thing...) so I went with DSL. I'm very happy with it. My DL speeds are consistently 120-150kbs. Heck, 6 megs a minute? I can deal with that. My dial up connection netted me about 1 meg every 45 minutes!

Anyway, I had a feeling that most DSL and Cable providers would be getting "with the program" and charging about the same thing. Kind of a "you want high speed? we got your high speed right here...for a price!" My $.02.

 

[pm]

AT&T@Home wouldn't be buying telco networks, so the Northpoint's and Rhythms of the world will probably be mostly absorbed by the baby bells I would think. $45.99/month + fees. That's starting to get steep - although I suppose I'm good up to $65/month in reality (before I'd start questioning the need for high-speed Internet access).

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

God it's nice being the employee of a Cable provider!

 

[SALvation]

Whew! Excite@home customers won't be affected. Thank you Comcast. Sux for you other guys though.

 

[SPAnDAU]

Wow, the prices for high speed internet are gross down there. In Alberta (I'm not sure about the rest of Canada) we pay $39CDN for either cable or DSL.

I really feel for you guys.

Span

 

[nortexoid]

including taxes, i pay less than $39 CDN for rogers@home cable...

it does piss me off daily, so...

 

[NCstateBen]

<< Well they are not a complete monopoly, you have DSL, satellite, ISDN, and yes even dialup. But as a new customer, this is suck >>



Not if Road Runner is the only broadband privider in your city. Here in Wilmington, NC, RR is the only provider. They could probably raise prices by $20 a month and people would still pay becuase once you try braodband, you never go back.

 

[MattStone]

Boo-friggin-hoo

I'm at school now...but on Sunday, when I go home...I'll be riding the 56k pony again, because there still isn't broadband of any form in my area. I would love to pay 6 more dollars for broadband...but I don't even have the damn choice.