--- Aaron Christopher Finney <af-list_at_wfi-inc.com> wrote:
> I just took a look at the netpliance website for some details...
>
> If you buy an i-opener online, you have a choice of monthly or fixed-term
> service. If you go through the purchase procedure for monthly service,
> it's $99 plus $39.95 shipping, with no mention of a minimum required
> service length. I'd assume that it's the same at CC; you probably buy the
> box there for $99 + tax without the internet service.
OK... here's the scoop... my local CC is backordered over a dozen units. I
put down a $20 deposit on one and it is supposed to arrive in two weeks. The
way the billing works is you pay $99 + tax for the unit and as soon as you
connect it to a phone line and give it the go-ahead, the unit connects with
the central office somewhere and you enter in credit card info and pick yout
billing plan. If you never connect it to a phone line with the default QNX
software, you never have to worry about signing up.
I expect this policy to change when they see hundreds if not thousands of
units sold with no service started on them. Until then, I've (almost) got
mine. Now all I need is a DE-620.
-ethan
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Received on Mon Mar 13 2000 - 13:45:49 GMT