[olug] Cox Business Pricing

[Dan Clough]

Symmetrical?  Port restrictions? If it's not symmetrical and has blocked ports then I don't see a clear advantage except for the 4Mbps difference.

But if it's symmetrical and open, then damn.  Count me in.

Dan
------Original Message------
From: T. J. Brumfield
Sender: olug-bounces at olug.org
To: Omaha Linux User Group
ReplyTo: Omaha Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [olug] Cox Business Pricing
Sent: Mar 9, 2010 9:10 PM

Qwest is supposed to be offering 20 meg FIOS lines for $99, but only
in select neighborhoods. I'd also look into that.

-- T. J.

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Dave Rowe <dave at roweware.com> wrote:
> Has anyone had luck getting Cox to budge on their Cox Business
> pricing?  Seen here:
> http://ww2.cox.com/business/omaha/data/pricing.cox it runs $275/month
> for their top tier, which is comparable to the Premier tier on the
> residential side ($60/month), with the only notable difference being
> having a static IP and the port restrictions removed?  Is there
> something I'm missing?  I thought it would be nice to get that in my
> home office, but certainly cannot stomach that pricing.
>
> Just curious if anyone has worked with a sales person directly and
> gotten that huge rate reduced.  I'm the only person who would be using
> it, so it's not like the bandwidth would be any different than the
> residential line - plus, it'd be the exact same line...heck, I
> wouldn't even touch 1 of the 10 e-mail addresses they include.
>
> -Dave
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