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Only a simple question: how does a always-on DSL connection cost in your countries? In Italy a 4096 Kbit/s line costs about 30 € per month (about 36 USD).
[ITA] Tozzi ha ragione: Gaia si sta liberando di noi. [ENG] Tozzi is right: Gaia is obliterating us.
I'm not sure about DSL (can't get it) Cable is almost $50 (including modem rental and I've already had a modem replaced so I rent it!) anywhere around Philadelphia PA. "People who never make mistakes, never do anything." My Blog
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Only a simple question: how does a always-on DSL connection cost in your countries? In Italy a 4096 Kbit/s line costs about 30 € per month (about 36 USD).
[ITA] Tozzi ha ragione: Gaia si sta liberando di noi. [ENG] Tozzi is right: Gaia is obliterating us.
I just changed my plan. Intially, my DSL and phone service were separate plans through SBC. I was paying $39.95 per month for 384 Kb/Sec DLS and $49.99 per month for local phone service. However, I recently change my plan and got a big discount. They upgraded me to 1280 Kb/Sec and unlimited nationwide calling (no long distance) for $79.99. I think it's a pretty good deal. I get faster DSL, unlimited calling, and no long distance for $10 less per month than I was paying. Regards, Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
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I just changed my plan. Intially, my DSL and phone service were separate plans through SBC. I was paying $39.95 per month for 384 Kb/Sec DLS and $49.99 per month for local phone service. However, I recently change my plan and got a big discount. They upgraded me to 1280 Kb/Sec and unlimited nationwide calling (no long distance) for $79.99. I think it's a pretty good deal. I get faster DSL, unlimited calling, and no long distance for $10 less per month than I was paying. Regards, Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
The next dummy question is: what is the max DSL and Cable speed? And the costs? I mean as far as you know. The companies serving my city (Milan, Italy) make prices like 30 € per month for always-on Internet access (phone excluded) at 4 or 6 MBit/s. Usually we pay the phone usage separately, but there are some offers like 10 € for unlimited national calls, but only if you buy DSL access to the same company!
[ITA] Tozzi ha ragione: Gaia si sta liberando di noi. [ENG] Tozzi is right: Gaia is obliterating us.
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Only a simple question: how does a always-on DSL connection cost in your countries? In Italy a 4096 Kbit/s line costs about 30 € per month (about 36 USD).
[ITA] Tozzi ha ragione: Gaia si sta liberando di noi. [ENG] Tozzi is right: Gaia is obliterating us.
I pay $40 per month for a 3Mb line. BW
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Only a simple question: how does a always-on DSL connection cost in your countries? In Italy a 4096 Kbit/s line costs about 30 € per month (about 36 USD).
[ITA] Tozzi ha ragione: Gaia si sta liberando di noi. [ENG] Tozzi is right: Gaia is obliterating us.
$30 something for 10 Mbps ethernet. :) [edit]oh yeah, I'm in Sweden I remembered. :-O[/edit] Good music: In my rosary[^] -- modified at 15:43 Wednesday 31st August, 2005
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Only a simple question: how does a always-on DSL connection cost in your countries? In Italy a 4096 Kbit/s line costs about 30 € per month (about 36 USD).
[ITA] Tozzi ha ragione: Gaia si sta liberando di noi. [ENG] Tozzi is right: Gaia is obliterating us.
I pay ~30$CAD (25USD) per month for DSL 3Mb/s, Unlimited bandwidth usage. Try to negociate. I succeeded to drop the price from 44.95 $CAD + 10$ CAD modem rental to 29.95$CAD without paying for the modem rental ;P I think the guys from Bell don't want to loose their customers.
Stephane
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The next dummy question is: what is the max DSL and Cable speed? And the costs? I mean as far as you know. The companies serving my city (Milan, Italy) make prices like 30 € per month for always-on Internet access (phone excluded) at 4 or 6 MBit/s. Usually we pay the phone usage separately, but there are some offers like 10 € for unlimited national calls, but only if you buy DSL access to the same company!
[ITA] Tozzi ha ragione: Gaia si sta liberando di noi. [ENG] Tozzi is right: Gaia is obliterating us.
First of all, my service (SBC) is in affiliation with Yahoo, so I think it brings the prices down. When I first started using DSL (1999), it was with the local Connecticut SNET company. SNET was bought out by SBC, then SBC began its affilitation with Yahoo in 2003. As far as max speeds, this is what they offer now. Please note that there is no bandwidth charge - everything is unlimited:
384Kbps - 1.5Mbps (download)
128Kbps - 384Kbps (upload)
$19.95 per month (without SBC long distance)
14.95 per month (with SBC long distance)1.5Mbps - 3.0Mbps (download)
384Kbps - 512Kbps (upload)
$29.99 per month (without SBC long distance)
24.99 per month (with SBC long distance)I think they only offer it now with telephone service. I don't think you can get just DSL. So anyone who wants this service would have to pay the extra for whatever phone plan was desired. Here is the information page where I got the above figures: SBC Connecticut DSL rates[^] Regards, Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
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Only a simple question: how does a always-on DSL connection cost in your countries? In Italy a 4096 Kbit/s line costs about 30 € per month (about 36 USD).
[ITA] Tozzi ha ragione: Gaia si sta liberando di noi. [ENG] Tozzi is right: Gaia is obliterating us.
I can't get it, so it's cost is irrelevant. stuck with dialup (at 28000 baud).:sigh:
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I just changed my plan. Intially, my DSL and phone service were separate plans through SBC. I was paying $39.95 per month for 384 Kb/Sec DLS and $49.99 per month for local phone service. However, I recently change my plan and got a big discount. They upgraded me to 1280 Kb/Sec and unlimited nationwide calling (no long distance) for $79.99. I think it's a pretty good deal. I get faster DSL, unlimited calling, and no long distance for $10 less per month than I was paying. Regards, Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
I've been seriously considering switching from my Satillite system (Starband)to SBC DSL. You seem to be happy with it. How does it compare to the cable systems? Have you had connection problems, support, service problems, etc? "Capitalism is the source of all true freedom."
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I can't get it, so it's cost is irrelevant. stuck with dialup (at 28000 baud).:sigh:
"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03 "Obviously ??? You're definitely a superstar!!!" - mYkel - 21 Jun '04 "There's not enough blatant self-congratulatory backslapping in the world today..." - HumblePie - 21 Jun '05 Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
PJ Arends wrote: stuck with dialup (at 28000 baud). Ouch! I'm using a GPRS (cell phone) connection on my laptop when I'm out in the mountains, and that's just when you notice the difference. I still remember the days when I only had 33.6kbps dial-up at home, and 64kbps ISDN dial-up in the office - it didn't seem to be as slow at the time. :) Officially, GPRS should be up to 40kbits/s or so, but I think in areas with weaker signal it is somewhere around 10 to 20kbit/s. Another problem is that you pay for every kbyte you transfer with GPRS, and the price for 1Mbyte is about $1.15! I couldn't believe how easily one transfers several megabytes in just a few moments before I installed a traffic monitor. :) Rado
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Only a simple question: how does a always-on DSL connection cost in your countries? In Italy a 4096 Kbit/s line costs about 30 € per month (about 36 USD).
[ITA] Tozzi ha ragione: Gaia si sta liberando di noi. [ENG] Tozzi is right: Gaia is obliterating us.
I'm not sure as I'm not using DSL myself, but I think the prices start somewhere around $30/mo here in Slovakia, this could be for a 512k line. Of course, you would pay more for a faster line, flat rate, or other extras. Wireless (WiFi) connections are very popular here, and the prices for these usually start somewhere around $15/mo. Rado PS: Not America nor Australia, I know. ;)
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Only a simple question: how does a always-on DSL connection cost in your countries? In Italy a 4096 Kbit/s line costs about 30 € per month (about 36 USD).
[ITA] Tozzi ha ragione: Gaia si sta liberando di noi. [ENG] Tozzi is right: Gaia is obliterating us.
I live in Windsor, Ontario (Canada) and I pay $CAN 44.95 (approx 30 Euros) for 5Mbps. I use Cable and DSL here has the same price. For 300 Kbps the price is $CAN 29.95 (20 Euros). The maximum you could buy is 10Mbps $CAN 69.95 (48 Euros). But you also have upload/download bit caps, email space, webspace, free security services, etc. For 5Mbps you get 15Gb upload/download, 100 Mb of email space, 10 Mb of webspace, 7 email addresses, and 3 IP addresses. For 10Mbps you get everything mentioned above, plus 30Gb of upload/download. Dario Solera wrote: [ITA] Tozzi ha ragione: Gaia si sta liberando di noi. [ENG] Tozzi is right: Gaia is obliterating us. Just a suggestion...I believe that a closer English interpretation of "Gaia si sta liberando di noi" would be "Gaia is getting rid of us". Time is the fire in which we burn. -- modified at 18:41 Wednesday 31st August, 2005
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Only a simple question: how does a always-on DSL connection cost in your countries? In Italy a 4096 Kbit/s line costs about 30 € per month (about 36 USD).
[ITA] Tozzi ha ragione: Gaia si sta liberando di noi. [ENG] Tozzi is right: Gaia is obliterating us.
I have cable at home and pay ~$30 per month for a 3Mbs/384Kbs (part of cable package) at work we have a DSL which measures 2.5Mbs / 605Kbs and we pay ~$30 per month. Steve
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Only a simple question: how does a always-on DSL connection cost in your countries? In Italy a 4096 Kbit/s line costs about 30 € per month (about 36 USD).
[ITA] Tozzi ha ragione: Gaia si sta liberando di noi. [ENG] Tozzi is right: Gaia is obliterating us.
I heard on the radio today that DSL high speed with MTS is 29.95 for the first 12 months... Shaw high speed cable is about $35.00/Month... For the last 4 years or so we've had MTS and Shaw battle for our business which has resulted in much cheaper internet, but constantly changing email addresses :) Cheers :) It's frustrating being a genius and living the life of a moron!!!
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Only a simple question: how does a always-on DSL connection cost in your countries? In Italy a 4096 Kbit/s line costs about 30 € per month (about 36 USD).
[ITA] Tozzi ha ragione: Gaia si sta liberando di noi. [ENG] Tozzi is right: Gaia is obliterating us.
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I've been seriously considering switching from my Satillite system (Starband)to SBC DSL. You seem to be happy with it. How does it compare to the cable systems? Have you had connection problems, support, service problems, etc? "Capitalism is the source of all true freedom."
Honestly, the first few years sucked. I was a beta tester for the area of Connecticut that I lived in. I couldn't get a connection with the DSl modem for about 2 months. It seemed like once a week I would have a technician at my place trying to get it to work under Windows 2000. Anyhow, since they couldn't get it to work, they gave me a DSL router instead of the modem. I figured that the router would work because there was no software installation involved for the PC. And, in fact, it worked perfectly. I've been using the same DSL router since 1999 and I love it. The download speeds are consitently on the high end (1.5 Mbs). My new house that I built 2.5 years ago has all brand new telephone lines, and I'm only 200 feet from the CO, so I could easily get the 3.0 Mbs connection if I wanted to pay extra. Some of my neighbors have Cablevision for their cable providers and the speed is really good, but they have outages more than I do. I have had one outage in my new place over the past 2.5 years, while the cable people (my tv included) have had a few more than that. It all depends on your internal lines, whether you have underground utilities or not, and how far you are away from your CO on whether the service is worth it. I've been fortunate. :) Regards, Brigg Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
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Only a simple question: how does a always-on DSL connection cost in your countries? In Italy a 4096 Kbit/s line costs about 30 € per month (about 36 USD).
[ITA] Tozzi ha ragione: Gaia si sta liberando di noi. [ENG] Tozzi is right: Gaia is obliterating us.
Sydney: 1.5 Mbps down / 256kbps up, 40GB downloads per month = approx US$ 65.00 per month. 1.5 mbps download speed seems to be the highest available here (residential adsl that is). thanks to your survey i just checked and i can downgrade to 20GB downloads and save about US$14!
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Only a simple question: how does a always-on DSL connection cost in your countries? In Italy a 4096 Kbit/s line costs about 30 € per month (about 36 USD).
[ITA] Tozzi ha ragione: Gaia si sta liberando di noi. [ENG] Tozzi is right: Gaia is obliterating us.
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Only a simple question: how does a always-on DSL connection cost in your countries? In Italy a 4096 Kbit/s line costs about 30 € per month (about 36 USD).
[ITA] Tozzi ha ragione: Gaia si sta liberando di noi. [ENG] Tozzi is right: Gaia is obliterating us.
In Mexico I have 1MBps/256 Kbps for MXN $599, that is about USD $55. -- LuisR
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The amount of sleep the average person needs is five more minutes. -- Vikram A Punathambekar, Aug. 11, 2005
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Sydney: 1.5 Mbps down / 256kbps up, 40GB downloads per month = approx US$ 65.00 per month. 1.5 mbps download speed seems to be the highest available here (residential adsl that is). thanks to your survey i just checked and i can downgrade to 20GB downloads and save about US$14!
I'm glad to see I was helpful.
[ITA] Tozzi ha ragione: Gaia si sta liberando di noi. [ENG] Tozzi is right: Gaia is obliterating us.