Hazy Arc
join:2006-04-10
Greenwood, SC | Nice
Happy Thanksgiving from your friends at Time Warner! |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
 ·North State Commun..
| said by Hazy Arc  :Happy Thanksgiving from your friends at Time Warner! No kidding. What genius decided to send that out now? |
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toplevelpot
yes it is, no I don't share
join:2008-04-19
Los Angeles, CA | Well at least they told you beforehand!
At&t wasn't even so polite earlier this year. Your notice of a monthly increase- a tripled bill.
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AT&T you're FIRED!!! |
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Dogfather
Premium
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA | You aren't alone
We got our price increase from Cox HSI in August. |
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mfiore
Normal, Why Be Normal
Premium
join:2002-07-30
Dayton, OH | RR Western Ohio
The price increase in this area appeared without warning on the lst bill I received in the middle of November. Suprise!  |
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Boomerang86
Got FUD?
Premium
join:2002-10-18
VampireState
clubs:
1 edit | not fair!
We're already paying $29.95 for unbundled RR "Lite" (they call it "Intro" here in NYC/HV).
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pende_tim
Premium
join:2004-01-04
Andover, NJ
 ·ProLog
 ·ViaTalk
·Verizon Online DSL
| Annual Holiday Event
We got a notice from Service Electric TV that cable internet was staying the same but TV was going up by $2.00
Happy Holidays to you too....
Tim
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hacker90
join:2005-09-01
Winnebago, IL
·Mediacom
| Cheaper bandwidth?!
Where are the "intro" tiers for people who do the most basic? My uncle likes to play just Poker online and nothing else. Paying $20 a month and then the promo rate goes away to double. Just for 1/768 service... Go comcast!
Compete with Dial-up at the $10 bracket for once! And that isn't for a promo rate, the normal! |
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DannyZ
Gentoo Fanboy
Premium
join:2003-01-29
Erie, PA
| reply to Matt
Re: Nice
Well it is the season for rate hikes.
I just downloaded my bill and the statement date is 11/23,but there's no notice of a hike. Still 19.95 for Lite in NEO
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lost customer
@verizon.net | Can you say cancel please?
2 dollars may not be much but when I see the number increase,yea I think its time to cancel. |
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Qoiz
join:2005-06-26 | reply to hacker90
Re: Cheaper bandwidth?!
I agree.. give him 256/128 or something for really cheap and he'd be fine! |
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kfsutops
Premium
join:2002-08-19
Brandon, FL
clubs: 
1 edit | Wait until they do the old Adelphia hucklebuck
Adelphia loved changing the billing date at certain times of the year along with their price increases. This allows for them to generate a little revenue to close a month/year out.
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tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY
| $ dollared to death..
the term nickeled & dimed, just got it's inflationary marchin orders.. the new term is dollared to death!
however.. there is a silver lining.. tv, and internet are not necessities like food... and food producers are gouging there too. wages have only seen a $1-2 minimum increase.. meanwhile the basic necessities (shelter, food, fuel, healthcare all went up double & triple digit percentages 10-200%)
If twc wants to play with tiered broadband.. should be simple as $20, $30, and $45 (1.5 - 3.0), (5 - 6), and (10-20) Mbits.. depending on how serious telco is about competing in said markets, with $5-15 discount for bundling. |
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Mr Matt
join:2008-01-29
Eustis, FL
·Comcast
·Embarq
|  Time Warner Customers should check pricing.
 Several months ago I was considering transferring my TV Programming to Direct TV. I checked with Comcast and was advised that if I subscribed to broadband only my broadband cost would increase by $10.00 per month. I was advised that if I subscribed to the Twenty One Channel basic package for a cost of $11.00 per month the cost of my broadband subscription would not change because I was a CATV Subscriber. That meant that I would pay an additional $1.00 for 21 local channels including those local digital channels that are not encrypted and available to Televisions equipped with QAM Tuners. That would give me access to the local public broadcasting channel's sub channels that Direct TV does not carry, all for an additional $1.00 per month. If Time Warner offers such an arrangement subscribers should consider it. |
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elray
join:2000-12-16
Santa Monica, CA
·SONIC.NET
·RoadRunner Cable
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to hacker90
Re: Cheaper bandwidth?!
said by hacker90 :Where are the "intro" tiers for people who do the most basic? Paying $20 a month and then the promo rate goes away to double. Just for 1/768 service... Go comcast! Compete with Dial-up at the $10 bracket for once! And that isn't for a promo rate, the normal! Verizon's current line-share offer is a net of $14.75/month on a 1-year agreement, for 1M/384 service. With some negotiating, you can often get them down another 10% or more.
My "basic" DSL package is $12.82/month net before taxes. The "new user" rate when I renewed was less than $10/month net.
The offers are out there. Unfortunately, they don't come to you, you have to be diligent and pursue them.
And it doesn't hurt to lobby. I sent a letter to Verizon CEO reminding them to keep a cheap tier for those of us who have to pay our own health insurance... corporate marketing was very responsive and agreed. Now if we could only get them to offer a half-price low-speed FIOS, i.e. 3M/1M for $25.
Mind you, it seems that BBR's demographic is power users, who think nothing of paying $100 a month for broadband bundles, so long as there are no caps. Discussing cheap service levels will generally bring on scorn and insults. |
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qworster
join:2001-11-25
Los Angeles, CA
1 edit | Higher prices combined with (soon) throttling and caps...
More money for less service. Ain't the american way great?
Mr Matt (above)-Cox offers the same deal. |
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hacker90
join:2005-09-01
Winnebago, IL
·Mediacom
| reply to elray
Re: Cheaper bandwidth?!
I'm talking a monthly rate of just $10 a month. No increase in price after a year etc... The basic tier for e-mail and website viewing only. I'm sure it can't kill them to provide close to 1/128 or 1/256 at that price. Comcast is the only one in the area and jacked him up to $42.95 after promo.... |
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Steve Mehs
Go Sabres
join:2005-07-16
| reply to Hazy Arc
Re: Nice
People will bitch about anything I guess. How many times has Time Warner increased the price on Road Runner and how many times have they increased the speed? I've only had the service since 2004, but in the past four years, it went from 3Mb, to 5Mb, to 7Mb to 10Mb, and has not increased in price until now, and it's for RR only customers. Road Runner is still $39.95 but $49.95 for RR Only customers now instead of $44.95. This is the first increase for RR here, and it's not even applicable to all subscribers. And it appears RR prices have stayed pretty steady across the country, so why all the complaining? Would you rather have had TW increase rates $5 every year since the beginning?
Two years ago, Time Warner doubled my speed on decreased my bill by $20. I was paying $69.95 for Road Runner Premium at 8Mb/512Kb, now I pay $49.90 for Road Runner Turbo at 15Mb/1Mb.
Why should TW, Comcast or anyone else practically give away service for $10. Cable companies have never promoted or have been known for low coast broadband. Their business plan is to offer faster but more expensive solutions and personally that's what I want and it seems to have worked out very well over the past few years, so why change. I am so sick and tired of the Everything for Nothing mentality.
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
| They are increasing the price on RR, their Digital Phone product and we all know how often they raise cable TV rates.
RR Standard has always been $47.95 here, with an extra $9.95 for Turbo ... and it's a pathetic 7Mbps/384Kbps or 10Mbps/512Kbps.
You must live in a competitive area. Enjoy. |
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Steve Mehs
Go Sabres
join:2005-07-16
| In this instance, a whole $2 for broadband and a whole dollar for Digital Phone. Wow that's bank breaking right there.
No, my only other broadband option is the Verizon's lame DSL at 3Mb/768Kb, and that just became available two years ago thanks to remote terminals.
Wasn't your pathetic 7Mb less then half that speed a few years ago at 3Mb? Here's a thought, be grateful for what you have, and that this is your first price increase after getting speed increases.
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Don't Blame Me, I Voted For McCain
Welcome to The SSA, The Socialist States of Amerika, Lead By Your Dictator, Hussein Obama |
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