[sllug-members]: Bad UTOPIA news - let's do something about it

[scratch at xmission.com]

Quoting Allen Schultz <allen.schultz at gmail.com>:

> What kind of prices/speed is UTOPIA getting/giving?


Our current basic residential service is 50 Mbps bidirectional and  
includes 500 GB of data for $50/mo.

MStar is offering 50 Mbps with 100 GB for $40/mo.  I don't believe  
Nuvont has adopted the 50 Mbps service yet, and are still selling 15  
Mbps exclusively (also $40/mo).

ATT pulled out a couple weeks ago.  Veracity is business service only.

I think all residential VoIP service is floating around the Vonage  
price range, without the additional "taxes and fees" (which are  
neither taxes nor fees, for the most part).  I know our target price  
is $30 before promotions and bundling (which should be in public beta  
later this month).

A number of the questions raised in this discussion are covered in the  
op-ed we have submitted to the Tribune in response to this week's  
publications.  If they are not accepted, I'd be happy to send it out  
here.


Warren S. N. Woodward
Director, Broadband Services
XMission Internet
warrenw at xmission.com
(801) 303-0819
(877) XMISSION  ext 119