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thorn <thorn@usenet.> writes:
>Chris Caputo wrote:
>>thorn <thorn@usenet.> writes:
>>>Chris Caputo wrote:
>>>>Non-customers: Would it increase your chances of joining us?
>>>
>>>Never in a million years, chris.
>>>Prices for a subscription are ridiculous and unattached from reality.
>>
>>How so?  $6/month is ridiculous?
>
>128,000bps/ 8.8 days of retention is a complete joke for six bucks.
>Bet the number of subscribers to this plan can be counted on your
>twelve toes.
>>
>>>Feel free to get acquainted with the plans that other services are
>>>offering and join the rest of us, on planet Earth in the 21st Century.
>>
>>Unless you are getting a better deal than what is offered on your 
>>provider's web site, it looks like our offerings are less expensive.
>
>Au Contraire, oh peanut counter.
>
>Access is granted to the unwashed masses for a paltry sum of ~13.00 -
>20.00 a month from numerous sources. And through the Grace Of God,
>manage to deliver a steady newsfeed that saturates a 15meg connection
>whenever the user decides to logon after paying such an idiotic fee.
>
>Then there are prices for those who just fell off a banana boat:
>    128,000 bits per second max - US$6.00/month
>--
>    2,048,000 bits per second max - US$96.00/month
>
>Which equates to ~720.00 a month to receive the same level of service
>that is delivered for 15.00 from this provider.

I sincerely appreciate the feedback.

Taking into account our lower retention, if we offered $12/month 
unthrottled, with SSL and 10 streams, would that be reasonable?

Thanks,
Chris Caputo
President, Altopia Corporation