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Chris Caputo wrote:
 
>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?



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From: ccaputo@alt.net (Chris Caputo)
Subject: Re: Altopia and this group (was: Easynews will filter
misplaced binaries!)
Date: 8 Aug 2002 22:32:37 GMT
Message-ID: <aiuri5$kpc$0@207.14.113.2>

thorn <thorn@use.net> writes:
>Chris Caputo wrote:
>>So all you ex-Altopia customers out there, please come home!!!  Things are
>>better and getting even more so. 
>
>	I am more than willing to "Come Back Home" but your rates are
>ridiculous for subscribers with a cable connection. Do you have any
>plans to make an adjustment of the subscription fees? 

Yes.  In the coming months we will offer unthrottled usage based
accounts.

Chris Caputo
President, Altopia Corporation
>
>Thanks,
>Chris Caputo
>President, Altopia Corporation