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fiberguy
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reply to Rick

Re: While we all might bit** and gripe over what our

You bring up good points, at times like you do.

Ciggs, for example, are usually about 25 cents per stick of cancer. However, people will spend about $120 to kill themselves but they will bitch and complain and moan about dropping $40 or $50 for high speed internet for the house.

People pay for that $5 hamburger meal now so they can sit their butts in front of that computer and HSI connection, most getting fatter and fatter... and don't like to pay for the internet.

I guess the moral is: priorities. Where are people's priorities? HSI should be cheaper so they can spend their money on things they really want? So I guess people really don't want HSI.

Really... Rick is right. People complain so much how Internet is important in their life, yet they don't want to pay for THAT.. they DO want to pay for coffee, ciggs, burgers, gambling, etc.. because "they get something from THAT".. and they don't from the internet.

I will make my own opinion here.. many people don't think.
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Jasper1970

join:2002-12-29
Finksburg, MD

This guy is a idiot. The topic about Internet not anything else. Just because he has fiber and has no problem paying for it, I guess he is better then the avg. Joe. I must I think it is unfair to have to buy bundle services to get a cheaper price. In my area its Comcast for cable. With TV service you get it for 33 bucks a month. With just internet the charge 57 bucks a month. So its fair to charge 20 bucks more a month? I dont think so. So Fiberguy wake up and smell the coffee.


fiberguy
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said by Jasper1970:

This guy is a idiot. The topic about Internet not anything else.
Just because he has fiber and has no problem paying for it, I guess he is better then the avg. Joe.
Wow, and I'm the idiot? Where did I mention that I had fiber? And, if you knew much about fiber deployments across the U.S., fiber isn't necessarily more expensive than cable.

Really, check your facts before you come here calling someone an idiot for posting their opinion, Jack.

I must I think it is unfair to have to buy bundle services to get a cheaper price.
Wow! Did that just SCREAM "I'm a victim!" Hey, sorry.. but please tell me where you should be afforded the right to the cheaper price with HAVING to have the bundle to get discounted... can you tell us that? The price of HSI is what it is. Just be glad that they offer you a bundle discount if you package together. It's true with all companies.. not just cable.

In my area its Comcast for cable. With TV service you get it for 33 bucks a month. With just internet the charge 57 bucks a month. So its fair to charge 20 bucks more a month? I dont think so.
When you come here, and you try to bash someone, you really should get your facts together first ok?

First off, listen to what you said. "If I just take internet, THEN it's $57.00 a month"... and no, it's not $33 a month bundled. You are reaching so far to make a point which is wrong. The $33 price is a promo for new customers who take all three services or another new customer promo. Second, the price of cable bundled with discount is $42.95. You ARE right that it's $57 base price. Since you can't even add correctly, and choose to call me an idiot, I will simply consider the source.

If I can afford the service, then I"m doing something right. And if you can't, then maybe you should do something about it on your end. I have woke up and am smelling the coffee. I align my priorities in life. If internet is so important to you and you are having a hard time affording it, maybe a one less trip to the local McDonalds.. how about looking at what else you are spending your money on each month. Consider looking for a DSL service if available, and if internet is too much to afford, possibly think about canceling it.

I won't cry a tear for anyone who complains about paying for a luxury like internet if they have any of the following:

Cellular phone.
Any car other than a basic form of transportation.
East out at all.
Smokes.
Drinks.
Goes to Movies.
Has plasma or flat panel televisions.
Owns motorcycles or other rec vehicles.
iPod or MP3 Player
Uber ANYTHING..

Why? Because internet is just another luxury that you have the choice to make. Give one valid reason why any broadband provider should provide a cheaper service just so you can afford other toys and fixes in life? $42.00 for broadband internet or even $57.00 is nothing compared to the fact that when you look at Dial up modems that people paid $24.99 a month and most who also had that second phone line at another $24.99 (abouts) per month.. to bitch that a far superior, and more expensive service to provide, is about the same cost.

So, please.. tell me how I and everyone else that believes as I do why we should wake up and smell the coffee.

Are you young? are you starting out? I was there once too. However, I too don't find that a reason. I struggled when I started. I wanted 384/384 internet when it first came out. It cost me $79.99 a month plus $300.00 installation and a 1 year contract to boot + a $100 modem fee. I wanted it bad enough that I made choices and sacrifices. I gave up other things to have something I got alot out of and wanted. I got a second part time job as well as went to school. I didn't cry about something being too much.. I worked my butt off for what I wanted to be where I am today. I didn't cry foul like many people do today.. I worked for it. I paid into the system as an early adopter as a few others did which also allowed people like you to get a lower price that you DO get today.

So really... think before you post.

So Fiberguy wake up and smell the coffee.
I did.. and I enjoy it at $9.99 a pound that I buy it at too!
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