SCN: Seattle services (was AT&T Broadband)

[Irene Mogol]

LIke I said, I am CHEEEEEP!
Irene


On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, patrick fisher wrote:

> Hmmm, I had a feeling that was the case. That is why I wanted to run it by the SCN
> crowd to see if they knew. I didn't want to call.
> 
> So "Basic Basic" cable is about 12 bucks. But on their site they just have "Basic"
> cable which is $33. Add tax to that and you are paying a minimum of $38 for cable to
> just one TV.
> 
> They must price it like that because people are willing to pay it. Not me!
> 
> Patrick
> 
> 
> --- Scot Harkins on SCN <scoth at scn.org> wrote:
> > AT&T makes it hard to find because they want you to call, then they can hard
> > sell you on the "special deals" that run the bill up by bits and pieces.
> > "Hmmm...that's only a few $$$ more per month for that."  Then later
> > "hmmm...that's only a few $$$ more per month to add that."  Pretty soon your
> > bill is up in the stratosphere.  They also know it's harder for many folks
> > to say "no" to a human being.
> > 
> > Tacoma has their own city-wide fiber-optic network serving the city and its
> > citizens.  They got tired of waiting on the private companies to build out
> > the internet access (waiting for market forces, you know).  It's that very
> > network that put Tacoma on the map as a forward-looking city that didn't sit
> > on its hands waiting for AT&T or whoever to come through with high-speed
> > internet and digital cable services.
> > 
> > 
> > sh
> > 
> > --
> > Scot Harkins (KA5KDU)
> > Greenbank, WA, US
> > Phone: 360-678-5880
> > Email: scoth at bigfoot.com
> > URL <http://www.bigfoot.com/~scoth>
> > --
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "patrick fisher" <clariun at yahoo.com>
> > To: "scn" <scn at scn.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 10:56 PM
> > Subject: Re: SCN: Seattle services (was AT&T Broadband)
> > 
> > 
> > > It must be mentioned that the rates were raised and are not reflected in
> > this
> > > matrix. The new rates are listed at
> > http://www.cityofseattle.net/cable/new.htm.
> > >
> > > According to the matrix, Tacoma users have good internet and cable rates.
> > >
> > > Patrick
> > 
> > 
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