Fibernet Competitiveness_letter by DennisSullivanFrom: Dennis Sullivan [dennisj.sullivan@fnmmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 2:22 PM
To: eugenen@tds.net
Cc: Mark Pultusker
Subject: Fibernet Competitiveness
Eugene Newcombe
Monticello, MN
February 17, 2013
Dear Sir,
Thank you for sharing your wonderful package deal with TDS for a bundle of
services. I sure never had that kind of opportunity when I was their
customer!
What struck me about your letter is your comment that you are a very frugal
person and that you always shop for the best price for all of your
expenditures.
Today, there are many more opportunities for saving considerable money in the
area of home technology;
First, there is the opportunity for saving based on eliminating the land
telephone line. Many cell phone providers offer a plan that will connect all
of your home phones with a router/internet connection to your cell phone plan.
Normally, the at home phone service costs around $10 to $12 per month
depending upon carrier.
Second, is the trend towards cutting the cable and capturing over-the-air-
Digital TV. The Twin Cities has over 44 digital high definition channels that
can be picked up with a small attic mounted antenna available at the local Ace
Hardware store. Cost for this content is Free.
An improvement in viewing opportunities is also available over the internet by
purchasing a small box called ROKU, or Apple TV which connects your TV to the
internet to stream movies or to view available content. Streaming movies from
Amazon or Netflix is easy with a high speed/high bandwidth connection.
So all of the free or low cost opportunities depend upon a high speed internet
connection which is reliable because of the underground construction.
Your community has made an investment in the infrastructure to provide a high
speed reliable connection to the information highway. The byproduct of this
investment has been to drive prices down for the consumer. Other consumers
are are following the trends as I described and saving much more. I dont
believe your current supplier would let your take advantage of extreme saving
even though you do not have a Contract
We have three suppliers of telecommunication content in our community,
hopefully, they will manage the illusion of unlimited capability so that we
consumers truly have choices.
Good Luck
Dennis Sullivan