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Chris Caputo wrote: 

>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?

It's a first step in the right direction - 

Good luck.
>
>Chris Caputo
>President, Altopia Corporation