[sac-forum] Re: Commspeed

  • From: Mike Wiles <mikewilesaz@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 13:05:02 -0700

Stan,

Other than the word astronomy in your first sentence, this has nothing to
do with astronomy.
On Dec 4, 2011 1:00 PM, "Stan Gorodenski" <stanlep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This is somewhat related to astronomy because if I have to go back to dial
> up I will no longer be able to look at all the nice images members post in
> Az-Observing.
> Less than a year ago I always had dial up. Commspeed had a special high
> speed offer for about $25/month. I just received, and verified with them,
> that they are going to a new charging tier. It will no longer be based on
> connection speed, but on gigabytes downloaded each month, hours of internet
> browsing, and number of email messages received. Up to 10G/month the charge
> is $44.90 plus $2 per G over 10G in a month. Does anyone know if this
> portends a trend that other internet providers will be following? I will
> being going back to dial up and put up with the inconvenience of making
> trips to the library to download large items, although it is not a complete
> inconvenience since it will get me out of the house. Being retired has its
> disadvantages.
> Stan
>
>

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