Jabbu
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join:2002-03-06
 ·RoadRunner Cable
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Re: Price hikes causing cancellations in socal
Today I had to goto the local office to return my digital box, out of about 15 people there around 12pm, 10 of them were doing the same. 2 people up front were talking abouut alternative and before you know it everyone is talking about buying antennas or satellite systems in the office. Was sorta funny in there with Adelphia logos everywhere hearing about directv's channels or buying antennas at ratshack. Even an old lady was getting into it about powered antennas vs rabbit ears vs those huge antennas on roof tops. |
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ashakouri1
join:2002-08-23
Santa Monica, CA
| Where can I go online to see how much my rate is changing, I have called adelphia powerlink twice to ask about other options and both times they told me different things. The first time I called they said the price increase was $20 if I kept my Powerlink and digital cable box with the extra channels and another time the lady told me it was about $5 extra.
I currently have the adelphia powerlink package, I get powerlink and a digital cable box with the extra channels (not the HBO package), and I believe I am paying about $83-$85 a month. I pay I think about $77 for the service and then all the taxes and stuff like that add up to about mid $80's. So I was wondering how much the price would change and where I could get that info from.
Also I wanted to say that I have been looking into DirecTV or Dish for a long time now, my cable service sucks because I get all this static with the picture and for some reason at night some of the channels don't look clear and I get lines through them. And I was looking at the 100 plus package with local for dish and a similar one for Directv for about $34.99-$39.99. Which is relatively cheap compared to the price increase but the only thing is that if I cancel Adelphia cable my powerlink price would increase by I think $10 and it would come out basically the same. |
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Robotics
See You On The Dark Side
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join:2003-10-23
Louisa, VA
·Comcast
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Being a Ham Radio Operator, and love every bit of SWL (Short Wave Listening) I also have ample time to monitor my scanners, which are set to many local communications. (listen to them all day long at home and at work)
One being all three frequencies Adelphia uses out here in my neck of the woods.
By law Im not able to go into detail (divulge) of the conversations I here.
But I am able to say I have heard literally 100's of Adelphia's customer's "downgrade" their service. And the things I hear them road tech's say, along with the dispatcher, is something you probably could'nt even dream up thinking. And Im not joking. I'd say at least 30+ a day, 6 day's a week, in the last 4 weeks. It's amazing. 80% are going to the basic channels with and without powerlink.
The area out here has serious problems with powerlink, and cable reception on the TV's.
Thought I'd throw that in.......As much faith as I have in this company, I cant see how they are going to make it financially (even with the price hike, and less channels) something just isn't adding up, beside's...they haven't fixed many issue's out here in the last 6 month's.
Time will tell..........
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Robotics |
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chrisbmoore
join:2003-08-28
Frederick, MD
| reply to ashakouri1
You should have received a letter in the mail from Adelphia stating your choices and pricing for the new packages. The person who told you $20 increase was correct however. If you do not have cable, but have Powerlink, it will be $54.95 a month if you do not lease a modem and $57.95 a month if you do. I personally have switched to DirecTV for my tv service and kept my Powerlink only because there is no other option that offers the same speed for the price. But as soon as either DSL catches up or satellite breaks the barrier, I will likely change too. This whole cable thing is becoming much too expensive to keep around, especially since most companies have not given decent cost of living raises in the past few years. It ends up coming down to paying the mortgage or paying the cable bill....which would you choose? I thought so. |
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The Folsom
Kindly Shut Your Noise Hole.
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join:2003-01-31
Yucaipa, CA | reply to Robotics
Any problems with cable signal egress? |
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cincitirob
join:2001-12-09
New Richmond, OH
| reply to ashakouri1
As far as keeping Adelphia powerlink and getting satellite goes you really get a screwing there. I checked on that and if you don't have cable tv with your powerlink then the ISP alone goes up to like $58 or $62(cant remember which) a month then add on your Dish bill and you are paying more for both services. A lose lose situation if powerlink is your only option for high speed because satellite ISP is ridiculous in cost. |
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