Prairie~Phlox Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Our Comcast just went up from $106.xx to $124.xx for HD cable & internet, so I think it's time to look around. What do you do, how much do you pay? Thanks, Phlox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 nt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessedfamily Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Tammy, They sent a notice out everywhere last week or so that said their prices are going up everywhere. Yours didn't? Supposedly because they have invested in new "monitoring technology". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessedfamily Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Our Comcast just went up from $106.xx to $124.xx for HD cable & internet, so I think it's time to look around. What do you do, how much do you pay? Thanks, Phlox I have the same and called and told them "Just switch me to el cheapo cable and el cheapo internet". They said "Oh no! What if we propose a special rate for one year?" I took the negotiation because it was less than I'm paying now and certainly less than the new rate will be. It is a bit more than they would get from me with el cheapo so I guess that's why they figured it was worth the deal. I'll re-evalute dish companies in a year. I would call them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 When I had Insight, I was paying $116 for phone, internet and cable. Now that ComCatastrophe has taken over, I'm paying $149 for the same services and have had more dropped calls, more outages, more problems. I'm SO not impressed. My only other option is AT&T for DSL. Anyone use that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamommy Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 We use Comcast now. We have the economy cable (2 TV's both with boxes and about 65 channels), the lite internet, and basic voice service. We pay only $79/mth plus an extra 1.95 for the second cable box. I only miss the speed once in a while, uploading pics to photobucket, etc. We used a smaller regional competitor, Knology, for a while and were paying $139 a month for similiar service. In our area of Georgia there are two major companies competing for cable business plus the satellite guys. My advice is to call them and say that you're considering leaving. That's what we did 6mths ago with Knology when they were going to raise our rates again. They immediately offered me $30 or so per month off, but then I called Comcast and they still beat the lower Knology price. Again we have a $79 package, but for $99+tax locally you can have the medium internet speed, two tv's with expanded basic cable, and voice with the unlimited domestic long distance. We just preferred to save the $20 as money is tight and we always have lots of extra cell minutes. Comcast has a whole department just for promotions and customer retention. That's who I'd ask to speak with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 but I never look inside the envelope for anything other than the bill, LOL! Maybe next month it will go up? The bill I just received is for November though..... Tammy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 We have cheap cable and high speed Internet through Comcast. I think we pay less that $100 per month, (actually I think it is less than $80) but dh pays the bills so I am not certain. The computer with the bill pay is down right now so I can't check either. We live by a large city so there are more options to keep the pricing competitive. We have Vonage for phone service for $25 a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 We get cable, internet and phone through comcast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorna in the boonies Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 We use Suddenlink and pay $99 for cable, internet, and telephone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizzyBee Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 We have Time Warner for phone, internet, and cable. We pay $116.90 per month for all three, but that is a two-year introductory rate. I think that's about $25 less than the regular rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMA Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Comcast. Keep in mind your choices for high-speed internet are limited by the providers that service your area. In our area, that's Comcast or Verizon DSL (no FIOS here). Comcast is the better choice for now. If Verizon would upgrade its lines and offer FIOS, I would order it in a minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary in VA Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 We have Verizon FIOS internet, cable and phone for about $130. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 (edited) We pay about $65-$66 per month with Comcast. But we have a cable ready TV (not a flat screen) so don't pay for a box, & only get the cheapest cable out there (less than $20 per month on its own.) If they try to jack it up, we'll drop the cable. We don't get any fancy channels at all, just network stuff (including PBS.) We don't watch enough TV to warrant more. We don't use Comcast for phone anymore because we reverted to analog a few years ago as whenever our neighbour used their wireless interet it made our phone ring, etc. No one was able to explain why that happened, and it took a long time and several repair calls before I figured it out. I was able to because one of the daughters dialed up around the same time every day when the rest of the family was out. Edited October 21, 2008 by Karin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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