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From: Bruce Esquibel
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:08
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Cydrome Leader <presence@mungepanix.com> wrote: > was it though? When you order service online, there's no option to remove > the modem. When you call, you can't get online pricing. I think it's some kind of loyalty program or something. The second time I called that number to "upgrade" the service (which was the one the first time told me to toss the letter), when they pulled up the costs of the new service, it showed like $54 a month, $100 for the modem and the fee for the "professional installation", which was like another $150 or $200. Once they entered the order though, the monthly dropped to $19.95 plus $15 for the statics, the modem and installation fees changed to "no charge". Only other thing I can think of, maybe it stops the order people from giving free service to their friends or something. The system applies the discounts and wavied fees instead of the person writing up the order. Keep in mind that whole pricing structure they use is a scam of sorts, if you can actually find the tariff and rates, which are buried on their website, the 3mb dsl service is actually valued at $121 a month for the reoccuring rate. -bruce bje@ripco.com
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From: Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com>
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Subject: Re: did the uverse
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:08:42 +0000 (UTC)
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