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Sprint ION's $100/mo, 8Mbps Home Service Tanks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the too-good-to-last dept.

Dr. Zowie writes: "In the current gloomy high speed connection market, a ray of light was Sprint's ION service. For $100/month, they would provide local phone service, long distance service, and 8mbps down, 1mbps up DSL-like digital connection. I've been waiting for the service to turn on to write a review about it -- but the service has been discontinued and all orders are being cancelled. Too bad -- ION was like a geek dream come true." ION was only available to a relative handful of people, but it sure sounded good. Anyone have suggestions for this sort of combination service?

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  1. No wonder it tanked by Force · · Score: 4, Funny
    For $100/month, they would provide local phone service, long distance service, and 8mbps down, 1mbps up DSL-like digital connection.

    8 millibits per second? No wonder it tanked. :-P

    1. Re:No wonder it tanked by ENOENT · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yup, 8 millibits per second. This counts as the first implementation of IP over humpback whale song, with ones encoded as "AHOOOOOOOOHHHhhh..." and zeroes encoded as "EEEEEEeeeeEEEEEeeEEEEE..."

      Not only do you get phenomenal 8mbps download speeds, but also this development brings e-commerce and pr0n to the cetacean community.

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  2. Re:Way too expensive. by Anonymous+DWord · · Score: 2, Funny

    Home phone service worth ~$20 a month.
    Long distance worth ~$20 a month. (Currently free with many cell-phone plans)
    Broadband access worth ~$40 a month.

    Talking to your girlfriend in Albuquerque AT THE SAME TIME as downloading hardcore pr0n at 8Mbps: Priceless.

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