| Switching soon I talked to TWC on Friday and found that I could get a better deal on the Internet and Phone service than I was paying with the package I was receiving. I was getting unlimited long distance in the US and DSL Max for $64.95. When the contract ended, it jumped to $84.99. Called to renew and could not get the old deal any longer, it was going to be $69.99, but I had to renew a contract for 1 yr. The TWC offer is 59.90 for both. After 6 months the phone will increase and after a year the internet will increase and it will still be cheaper than Frontier. Been with Frontier for 6 years and had no major complaints. I'm sure that they will be losing a fair amount of customers. The problem is that most will not even find out since they are not on any feeds or newsgroups like this. |
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| don't count on them losing customers. Many customers will not touch this cap. It's to get rid of the ones that they do not want. Also many customers do not have a choice except for their dial-up-unless you count WildBlue.
But then again you better check to see what speed TWC is offering with RR. You may end up on the basic plan which is lucky to hit 1meg in areas. |
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jp10558Premium
join:2005-06-24
Willseyville, NY | I keep hearing that many customers will never hit this cap, but really, what customers are those? The ones who have no kids so they don't want to play any online games, PS3 or XBox Live? The ones who never watch YouTube, never watch online news streaming (I have relatives who barely can use a web browser going to their local "Action News" site to stream video clips they missed, and no, *I* didn't show it to them (would have suggested CNN or something)).
The ones who never use online radio? (I've got several relatives who love WinAmp and streaming audio/video Shoutcasts).
I mean, maybe if you use an ad blocker to kill the video ads on many sites (well flash, but they are kind of big), block pictures in your e-mail (Do you get billed for e-mail? How exactly? Are they billing you for SPAM to their e-mail servers?).
Who don't update their programs or OS, yet somehow don't get pwned and become warez servers or bots...?
What fantasy land do users not use 5GB without actively doing anything in a month on broadband anyway? Just updates to everything, and spam could do that.
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Opera 9.51(Build 10081); Windows XP Pro SP3;Intel C2Q6600; 3GB DDR2 1066; 1M/128k DSL; Antivir Personal; Comodo Firewall Pro 3;Proxomitron 4.5j Sidki 2008beta,GPG ID:0x0A1C6EE3 |
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Vadork
join:2005-09-01
Winnebago, IL | My mother rarely uses her computer for checking e-mails and library information. My uncle just plays online poker on his PC. My father uses his for e-mailing items of work. Those would be 3 customers not hitting 5GB.
Me on the other hand....
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 JammerMan79Premium,VIP
join:2004-05-13
Prince George, BC
kudos:10 | I'm assuming that they have dialup? no need for high speed with what they do. |
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Vadork
join:2005-09-01
Winnebago, IL | Everyone but my uncle share our Mediacom 8Mbps connection. Uncle uses a simple dsl line I think with my aunt in Mt. Morris. We dropped dial-up back in 04 after my father networked part of the house for internet. Lucky for us, his work pays the internet bill 
I block lime-wire and pretty much all P2P on the wireless to shut down my younger brother. I gave up P2P for a more "faster" approach for items. I only use the connection the heaviest by midnight 
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