I had the “one price for life” with CenturyLink for several years (and the price didn’t change) before switching to their rebranded QuantumFiber group (same company, Lumens). The price dropped from $45 per month to $30 per month with the switch to the QuantumFiber “one price for life” with a substantial increase in bandwidth (although not needed). Like most technology, internet access prices either drop with time (certainly when inflation is factored in) or you get more capability with time or both. For example, I first started using broadband internet access over 25 years ago and the cost was $45 per month for 1.2 megabits per second. The current QuantumFiber “one price for life” offer is $50 per month but is for 500 megabits per second vs the 200 megabits per second that I have and includes their mesh router (I use my own router). At some point, I may be forced into a new level of service (substantially higher bandwidth than I have now and don’t require) but I suspect it will not be for a few years. Needless to say, I am not too concerned.
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Originally Posted by MplsPete
I once bought a car with free oil changes "For life." One time I took it in and they said, "We don't do that anymore."
I once bought a wheel alignment, "For life." After my first free alignment, they said, "Some of your suspension parts are bad, we can't do it." Two other shops told me, there's nothing wrong with your suspension parts.
Anytime someone offers me something "For life," I am leery.
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