trebzon
join:2001-09-03
Grandville, MI
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| Re: NO that is NOT a discount that is EXTORTION You know about 2 years ago I jumped ship from Covad to ATTBI not wanting to get stuck with no service if Covad followed Northpoint and Rythms into the dustbin of broadband history. I even saved a few bucks per month.
Now after 3 rate hikes and the Comcas merger I am paying just under double what I was when I signed up for service 2 years ago. Top this off with ATTBI/Comcasts other bundle fiasco of "you only save $3 a month on your owned modem now buddy...sorry".
The time has come to jump back. Why oh why should I pay 50% more for cable internet then DSL just because I do not choose to have cable television? Covad has never tried to do this.....Dish Network, my provider of video service, doesn't make me get my ethernet through Earthlink there partner or face a rate increase.
Cable companies are doing all they can to keep there cash poor competitors in business by showing us what a tru'lly dangerous thing a near monopoly is. I shudder to think of what other favors Comcast would do me in the name of "better service and system upgrades" if I had NO other choices regardless of how inconvenient they may be.
My vote is more power to you Comcast. You are helping bring choice to the market place by showing you don't even rate being a choice regardless of your dominant market share.
Plunk! |
