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thorn <thorn@usenet.> writes:
>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 $12/month 
>>unthrottled, with SSL and 10 streams, would that be reasonable?
>
>			It's an Epiphany! 
>
>From: ccaputo@alt.net (Chris Caputo)
>Subject: Re: Altopia and this group (was: Easynews will filter
>misplaced binaries!)
>Date: 8 Aug 2002 22:32:37 GMT
>Message-ID: <aiuri5$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

My how time flies!  :-)

So, tis good?

Chris Caputo
President, Altopia Corporation