At 10:29 AM 7/23/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Wait a minute. We don't care about our dialup access, we care about the
>livelyhood of our business!! I only hold accounts with my competitors, as
>they hold ones with me (I actually have a John Doe subscriber). I could
>care less about the big boys, I already have enough bad things to say about
>them.
>
>Unless your really pounding the pavement with a low rate, most people don't
>notice except for the techie wierdos that most ISPs don't want anyway (i.e.
>they change their setting all the time when they're not on for 12hrs a
>day....they want to run ten thousand perl scripts that crash the
>server....they finally demand a refund because they can only get 32K on a
>33.6 from 10 miles away). Most people decide to get on the net, then they
>just call the first person who seems reasonable. Just advertise alot and
>you'll survive. There is enough meat to feed the table.
>
>Adam
>
>
>At 09:01 PM 7/23/97 +0800, you wrote:
>>Hello there you "BS" you should not abuse this list with your reply.
>>Anyway, MCI , AT&T, Compuserve, AOL all of them are useless, the best you
>>can do always get a PPP connection from your mearest (even smallest) ISP,
>>which mostly charge between US$ 10.- - 19.95 per month, no limit.
>>If nothing arround, the second choice is always NETCOM at 19.95/month
>>nobody can beat them across the USA.
>>
>>
>>At 11:56 PM 7/22/97 -0000, you wrote:
>>>BS
>>>
>>>On Tuesday, July 22, 1997 10:02 PM, Jeff
>>>[SMTP:nblade@firstinter.net] wrote:
>>>> I am afraid that you have a few misconceptions on the
>>>> peachnet system is
>>>> setup.
>>>>
>>>> >>I have no problem with competition BUT, please don't
>>>use
>>>> >>my tax dollars
>>>> >>to subsidize my very large competitor! He really
>>>doesn't
>>>> >>have to have
>>>> >>it! I know there are companies who offer $9.95 mo rates
>>>> >>but they are not
>>>> >>getting my tax dollars to do it.
>>>>
>>>> They recieve no money from the school or goverment for
>>>> that matter. The
>>>> school mearing neogiates a monthly rate with CampusMCI to
>>>> supply thier
>>>> students with cheap access.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>They put out some flyers with the info. They ran out so
>>>> >>the library made
>>>> >>copies on the library copier. Then had the nerve to say
>>>> >>that they
>>>> >>recieved no compensation for the service and that MCI
>>>> >>was responsable
>>>> >>for everything.
>>>> >>
>>>>
>>>> That is correct. CampusMCI is a corporate divsion that
>>>> handles specialize
>>>> services targeted towards students.
>>>>
>>>> >>By housing the pops in state run institutions, using
>>>> >>state paid
>>>> >>employees and garnering free advertising thru library
>>>> >>press releases I
>>>> >>have a serious problem keeping my cool! They actually
>>>> >>had a 1/4 page
>>>> >>press release in the newspaper called "A Spotlight on
>>>> >>our Library" to
>>>> >>anounce the new service, didn't cost them a thing. The
>>>> >>phone has been
>>>> >>ringing ever since asking us to meet that price. They
>>>> >>don't see the
>>>> >>difference. They say they never use more than 60 hours.
>>>> >>MCI put in a
>>>> >>free 56K line for the library in house users and a T1
>>>> >>with 25 lines in
>>>> >>the closet for commercial access to start with.
>>>> >>
>>>>
>>>> That was a request from the state of georgia. They ( your
>>>> voted in
>>>> representives) wanted to give internet access to anyone
>>>> would wants it.
>>>> Still the pricing scheme that CampusMCI uses is the same
>>>> one they use
>>>> pretty much anywhere that a school has requested that
>>>> CampusMCI supply
>>>> service to thier students.
>>>>
>>>> >>We are a small rural ISP. New subscriber signups have
>>>> >>all but ceased and
>>>> >>it has only been available for two weeks.
>>>>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Anyone who becomes a library card holder is eligable
>>>for
>>>> >>this discounted
>>>> >>access. For the consumer it is a great value up front
>>>> >>but little does
>>>> >>the person realize we employee (8) eight people! How
>>>> >>long before I go
>>>> >>out of business do they infiltrate other areas and do
>>>> >>the same thing?
>>>> >>When the contract is up will the price stay the same? I
>>>> >>DOUBT IT
>>>> >>SERIOUSLY!
>>>>
>>>> Well that is what your voted reprentives wanted but that
>>>> is not a discouted
>>>> price that is just CampusMCI standard pricing scheme.
>>>>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Are there any other ISPs that see a problem with this?
>>>I
>>>> >>plan to
>>>> >>investigate further.... I have spoken with reps from
>>>the
>>>> >>State board of
>>>> >>Regents. I was given some answers but nothing
>>>> >>satisfatory.
>>>> >>
>>>>
>>>> >>Am I over reacting here? Anyone else see this as an
>>>> >>unfair advantage in
>>>> >>the market? Feel free to email me privately. I'm
>>>looking
>>>> >>for any info I
>>>> >>can to assess this.
>>>>
>>>> I don't think you are over reacting but, since campusmci
>>>> pricing is
>>>> standard where ever they go you are going to have a hard
>>>> time proving that
>>>> they gained an unfair advantage.
>>>>
>>>> >>Thanks for listening,
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Carl Delabar
>>>>
>>>>
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