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Re: TWC + E911 + Battery Backup for the Win! how about the price? | |
| Price was right for me. Then again, I was switching from Verizon. I went from a $92 Analog Cable + RoadRunner bill and a $61 Verizon bill ($21 of which were various "fees"), to about $150 for Digital Cable, a DVR, an extra receiver box, and digital phone. (So I'm basically paying the same I was before, but I'm getting Digital Cable and the DVR "for free.")
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| I have used Directv for a long time (about 70 a month), along with Road Runner (45 a month), and Packet8 (23 a month) , for a total cost of 138, I got a flyer in the mail from Time Warner the other day, to get dish users to switch, for 99.95 a month, you get digital cable, with a DVR, a second box, one premium channel, Road Runner and digital phone. And the price is guaranteed for 18 months. I could not pass that one up!!!!! | |
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kudos:3 | reply to nasadude
How about looking back just a few shorts moon passes. How much have people been paying for their service?
$39.99 a month (bundled price) is meant for people that fit into that model in the first place. It's designed for people that want and do make a good amount of long distance per month. Otherwise, TWC is NOT your best friend.
What is at issue here is "VALUE" - and $39.99 for those that fir the model of this product, it's a good value.
Again, too, I ask, how much did we pay for this level of service just a few short years ago? It actually used to (on average) cost more per month JUST TO HAVE long distance on your bill (the plan) than it did for the dial tone. That included no calls. That was just the monthly fees and taxes for the priveledges to pay 5 cents per minute. Then, how much do they charge for caller id in most areas? $7? Why? Becuase they know it's popular. Don't get me started... but the price of $39.99 which is a use it and forget it is not bad. The value for what they charge, for those that fit the plan, is certainly a very good price.
I don't tend to look at the lowest price as setting the curve for phone price and I am certainly not going to put my life in the hands of Vonage, packet 8, sunrocket, or any of the internet toys out there. I will pay for something that works and where the players behind the service put effort into it. TWC, Comcast, and the rest of the cable players actually monitor their systems. That's less that what can be said, even, about the products the phone company provides either.
So, what about the price again? | |
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how about the price?
Well for the extra money I get the peace of mind that if needed, there is a 100% chance 911 is there and accurate. I don't care how cheap Vonage is, if they can't say with certainty that if I dial 911 it will get routed properly they can go screw themselves. I'm sorry but I will not put myself and my family in a situation where emergency services and emergency service response time are jeopardized because I can save a few lousy bucks a month. Not worth it.
Besides the differences between TW Digital Phone and Vonage arn't so great. Here Vongage is $27 and change with tax, Time Warner Digital Phone is $39.95 and there is no tax. I'd get a $5 price break on my RR Premium that's $7 and change difference, with the guarantee of proper 911 routing.
$7 savings every month, or potentially a life, it's a choice with only one answer in my book. The fallacies of Vonages 911 issues are reported here and elsewhere where lives were lost, and I can't justify any reason to consider Vonage because of it.
I don't know why they don't have a national policy but here in Rochester, TW does not charge extra for voice mail, all services are included for the $40
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And as for TWC being #1? I doubt it. How can you claim that? are you talking about in the areas they service and against others who provide those areas? Comcast offers a better voip service than TWC for less money than TWC - but they don't compete. In some areas, Verizon offers their unlimited service for less than both TWC and Comcast.
In terms of subscriber numbers and market share. Comcast is the number #1 cable company, TW is #2, in terms of nationwide subscriber numbers. If in 3 months TW has 1.4 Million Digital Phone subs and Vonage has 1.3 million, then TW is number 1. | | |
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