I am sick to death of AT&T and their ‘low prices’ on DSL! The SOB’s advertise it for 14.99 a month, but, low and behold, every single time I call to them to ask about it, the suckers ALWAYS say, “This is not available in your area.” ARG
I pay 39.99 for AT&T DSL. The SAME DSL they offer ‘new customers’ for 14.99 a month! What the hell’s the deal? I am sick to death of ‘new customers’ getting all the ‘deals’. And I am sick to death of being told the offer is ‘not available’ in my area. WTF? What area IS this DSL available in – Siberia? And why do people who have absolutely NO LOYALTY to the company get the good deals? GRRRRR
AT&T has me, though, and they know it. If I don’t use their DSL service, I have to use dial-up, because no one else offers DSL where I live. (I live 3/4 of a mile out of town and that’s too far!) They had better be glad, though, because if there WERE other services available, I’d tell them, “KISS MY WHITE ASS!!!!”
Boss Brat
I threw down with them, and didn’t get the advertised rate, but got $20 a month–but here we have cable and satellite TV as alternate sources of DSL. But they have me by the (virtual) cajones even so, because I have had the same e-mail address for four years now, and it would be a huge pain to get rid of it.
I looked into changing, because I hardly need my landline–but the $60 a month I pay for phone & DSL is about the same as what I would pay for any of the alternatives.
if you have a laptop, you can buy a card for it that is similar to wi-fi, but gives you internet connection all the time. at least, I think you can?!
I do not understand this. Many companies do it: they use “deals” to entice customers, but the customers they’ve had for years pay through the roof. Wouldn’t it be better to keep loyal customers than gain new ones? The main issue being that some of these folks have a lock on business. They’re far too happy to lose you, because they essentially know they won’t.