Re: ISDN rate increases from Bellsouth

Charles Scott (cscott@freeway.net)
Wed, 23 Oct 1996 11:52:30 -0400 (EDT)

Derric:
Well, those prices are kind of high. I think we're currently around
$33 to $35 per month for both business and residential. We have a number
of people signing up for 24 hour connections vial ISDN, particularly
schools. Something like $440/month for the line would be more than a
dedicated full T-1 to most of them.

Chuck

On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, DT Scott wrote:

>
> BellSouth is currently flat-rate ISDN, period (here in AL - business
> about $93.50/month and residential about $69/month). I understand
> they are planning to introduce timed usage only, allowing 200 hours (AT A
> PRICE DECREASE). Over 200 hours it is $.01/minute I think. Ie. they
> are deliberately targeting the full-time users. The $430 is what
> I assume a whole month would be, calculating the timed access.
>
> The sugar is that it is a PRICE DECREASE for all "legitimate" ISDN users.
>
> Derric
>
> > On Tue, 22 Oct 1996, Alex wrote:
> >
> > > >Bellsouth recently announced ISDN rate increases for all states they cover,
> > > >except Tennessee. The new rate increases would move nailed down connections
> > > >from around $90/month to around $430/month.
> >
> > What are we talking about here with "nailed down" connections? Are
> > they charging different for lines which are used 24 hours/day as opposed
> > to ones which are only used a few hours/day?
> >
> > Chuck
>
>