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He was spending $208/month for 20Mbps? What the hell is going on in Austin?

by sysop073 12y ago

wmf 12y ago
U-Verse is "triple play" so he probably had phone(s), TV(s), and Internet.
- axaxs 12y ago
  This is stll ridiculous pricing. I pay something like 120 a month for tv, hbo included, and 30 mbps internet. Unless he has every station on earth, he's being overcharged,
  - justjimmy 12y ago
    And there are people renting phones - yes, phones, really cheap ones too, those with only the 12 buttons and no other functions - for over $50 a month, from their telephone companies. These customers are mostly elderlies. It was just sickening. (Worked at a call center)
  - digitalengineer 12y ago
    What? I Can't believe those prices you're forced to pay. I have Triple Play, 120 Mb/s and a iPad App to view shows/sports separately for 55 euro's a month.
  - wj 12y ago
    I would be paying the same except for the charge for two extra cables boxes and the charges for HD on three cable boxes and the charge for the DVR listing. Not to mention all of the taxes and fees. My bill ends up being over $200 with no phone. Nickel and dimeing is off by a factor of 1,000.
  - area51org 12y ago
    I'm paying ~$300/mo for TV (HBO etc), phone (no long distance charges) and ~$35/mbit Internet connection. It's a rip-off, of course. But since there's no real competition (U-Verse?!) I have no choice. Meanwhile, the cable industry is reducing potential for competition (Time-Warner merging with Comcast).
    - talmand 12y ago
      There's always a choice. You can always choose to disconnect one or two of those.
      - area51org 12y ago
        That's a non-choice. A choice would mean being able to choose between a variety of competing services with good offerings. Disconnecting is not a realistic choice.
    - axaxs 12y ago
      Talk to retention. You don't even have to threaten to cancel, just talk to them. I have to do this every year. The price I just quoted was set last week by TWC retention.
      - area51org 12y ago
        Thanks for the advice. I need to do this, obviously.

He was spending $208/month for 20Mbps? What the hell is going on in Austin?

wmf 12y ago

U-Verse is "triple play" so he probably had phone(s), TV(s), and Internet.

axaxs 12y ago
This is stll ridiculous pricing. I pay something like 120 a month for tv, hbo included, and 30 mbps internet. Unless he has every station on earth, he's being overcharged,
- justjimmy 12y ago
  And there are people renting phones - yes, phones, really cheap ones too, those with only the 12 buttons and no other functions - for over $50 a month, from their telephone companies. These customers are mostly elderlies. It was just sickening. (Worked at a call center)
- digitalengineer 12y ago
  What? I Can't believe those prices you're forced to pay. I have Triple Play, 120 Mb/s and a iPad App to view shows/sports separately for 55 euro's a month.
- wj 12y ago
  I would be paying the same except for the charge for two extra cables boxes and the charges for HD on three cable boxes and the charge for the DVR listing. Not to mention all of the taxes and fees. My bill ends up being over $200 with no phone. Nickel and dimeing is off by a factor of 1,000.
- area51org 12y ago
  I'm paying ~$300/mo for TV (HBO etc), phone (no long distance charges) and ~$35/mbit Internet connection. It's a rip-off, of course. But since there's no real competition (U-Verse?!) I have no choice. Meanwhile, the cable industry is reducing potential for competition (Time-Warner merging with Comcast).
  - talmand 12y ago
    There's always a choice. You can always choose to disconnect one or two of those.
    - area51org 12y ago
      That's a non-choice. A choice would mean being able to choose between a variety of competing services with good offerings. Disconnecting is not a realistic choice.
  - axaxs 12y ago
    Talk to retention. You don't even have to threaten to cancel, just talk to them. I have to do this every year. The price I just quoted was set last week by TWC retention.
    - area51org 12y ago
      Thanks for the advice. I need to do this, obviously.