I pay $60 to Comcast for internet cable connection

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    And I want to pay less! I only get internet connection with Comcast. I don't have phone service or cable TV from them.
    So! Who gets cheaper internet connection than I do? From who?
     
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    fong i pay 59.99 for internet, cable basic 3, and i get the startribune papers
     
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    My comcast internet and basic t.v cable cost me about $55 a month.:D
     
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    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by hercules

    fong i pay 59.99 for internet, cable basic 3, and i get the startribune papers
    <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">Comcast?
     
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    im gonna hafta pay for my appt untill they sell it, AND my house, so i'll be cable-less for a while:mad: and i'm gonna get a second job but currently i pay 40 bucks for basic cable, and 9.99 for netzero
     
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    you can get a phone and a dial up for about $30 a month, total.
     
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    The thing is... Comcast said that since I've cancelled my phone service from them, I lose my discount. I used to pay $45 for it, but now it has been raised to $60. That is a little on the expensive side for cable connection. And I don't want to lose out on fast internet speed.

    Does Qwest offer broadband internet connection? What other companies offer cable internet at a good price?
     
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    in the sticks all i have is dial up....
     
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    Just get your phone service back and pay 45 bucks! I dont think there are any other options, if you have Comcast in your area im pretty sure there are no other providers for high speed in that area.
     
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    Cable that is... YOu cold always go the DSL with the phone lines. I've been a cable junky for a couple years, but from what I hear DSL is almost as quick and would get you off of comcast's tity.
     
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    Yeah I pay $30/mo for DSL service and that includes the basic ISP option through Qwest. I've only ever seen it down twice in the two years I've had it. Cable download speeds are almost always faster, but I more than make for it in upload speeds (if you're into that sort of thing). My service is 3Mb down, 1.5Mb up.
     
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    DSL sucks imo, not worth the $.
     
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    I agree. I work with DSL all day. SOOOO many issues. Especially for businesses that need static IPs.
     
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    Just call verizion and tell them you FIOS.... 15mb down/2mb up, 49.95 a month.
     
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    i pay 59.99 for cable modem, and cable tv service thru comcast.
     
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    IMO both cable and DSL suck for businesses. Both are equally reliable which is still sub-par for what a business should be running on. If you want reliability with your biz you should be running your own server and paying the exhorbitant price that goes along with it.

    However that being said I would take the faster upload speeds of DSL any day over the faster download speeds of cable. However if you're only downloading the porn instead of serving it then cable is perfect for you :p
     
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    I just saw SBC dsl for 19.99 for a year. Not sure what speeds that is at.
     
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    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Steve-o

    Just call verizion and tell them you FIOS.... 15mb down/2mb up, 49.95 a month.



    <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

    is that what you have? FIOS seems tight. i'm at their website. $49.99 15mbps down / 2mbps compared to 3mbps with normal cable connections.
     
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    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by j0hnniz

    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Steve-o

    Just call verizion and tell them you FIOS.... 15mb down/2mb up, 49.95 a month.



    <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

    is that what you have? FIOS seems tight. i'm at their website. $49.99 15mbps down / 2mbps compared to 3mbps with normal cable connections.
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    I wish!


    It's in parts of texas and out east/west. Expect it in MN sometime in Q2 of 2079.
     
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    ya, i found that out the hard way. says not available and please enter info. lolz. **** 49.99 is a good ass deal for 15mbps. i guess ill have to get mediacom for the new house on june 3rd.
     
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    Update: I just cancelled my Comcast connection. All of it! Both cable television and high speed internet. They gave me the run-a-round with their pricing. Very unorganized. I will not go back. :(!
     
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    Keep us posted if you find something new and cheap. I would love to ditch this 90$ a month cable habbit.
     
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    bump...

    anyone heard of any other recent good deals? I am in the market right now for high speed and cable tv.
     
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    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by DISCOPOPE

    in the sticks all i have is dial up....

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    I have free dialup :D

    I dont have cable TV

    Guess what my internet and cable bill is every month? Yep $0 :eek:
     
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    that helps me a ton!
     
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    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by jdgrimm

    that helps me a ton!
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    I would hope saving $60 a month would help :D
     
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    welp if you all are worry about paying high bills....fong....why not go with the new netzero 4x faster or watever then dail up thing ma jiggy....i was thinking T1 connection....hehe
     
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