  WiFiguruTo infinity... and beyondPremium
join:2005-06-21
Los Gatos, CA
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| Correction You mean,
test users in Texas say the company is charging $69.99 for the service bundled with basic TV, and $79.99 without TV.
not
test users in Texas say the company is charging $79.99 for the service bundled with basic TV, and $69.99 without TV.
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 | | | Re: wow BFD, Fios 15Mbps or 20Mbps/2Mbps is $49.99 in most markets or cheaper. Where's the deal ?? Hopefully they have a bundle w/TV. | |
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join:2007-01-21
Austin, TX | Re: wow Most markets? Try a handful. | |
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 AbBaZaBbAPremium
join:2002-07-10
Wildomar, CA
kudos:4 | so... they're providing the same service, at a higher cost... to try and lure customers back?
Sounds like typical charter strategy. | |
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|  dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | Re: so... Hmmmmmm. Charter or Verizon FIOS. big decision there. NOT! | |
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 hobgoblinSortof AgoblinPremium
join:2001-11-25
Orchard Park, NY
kudos:4 | News? The Time Warner Cable Buffalo Division recently raised their Turbo speeds from 8 Mbps to 15 MBS/2Mbps.
Never made the news page, guess TWC needs better insiders.
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join:2005-04-13
Denton, TX | Re: News? When Charter actually does SOMETHING at all, it should be national news. I also highly doubt anyone related to Charter would be able to even open up a web browser and get to this website... or care enough to do so. They sure as hell don't care about their customers. | |
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| | | Crap... some of us on TWC are still at 5/384 with no speed increase in sight. | |
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|  jgkoltPremium
join:2004-02-21
Lakewood, OH | in the akron/cleveland market they bumped it up to 15/768 not quite 2 mbps but it would be nice. for 55 without tv. 50 with tv
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| | hobgoblinSortof AgoblinPremium
join:2001-11-25
Orchard Park, NY
kudos:4 | Re: News? said by jgkolt:in the akron/cleveland market they bumped it up to 15/768 not quite 2 mbps but it would be nice. for 55 without tv. 50 with tv All markets set their own speeds.
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| | | The Turbo speeds were only covered once and that was from TWC Milwaukee thats all I remember seeing. | |
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 Rob AJets AFC ChampionshipPremium
join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ | Pricing $80/month? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to much. And I doubt you get anywhere near 16Mbps anyway. | |
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|  furloniumComputer Over? Virus equals Very Yes?
join:2002-05-08
Bethlehem, PA | Re: Pricing said by Rob A:$80/month? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to much. And I doubt you get anywhere near 16Mbps anyway. I pay $72/month for 20/2 from RCN. Is that wayyyyyyyyyyy too much?
No really, is it? haha! I don't mind paying.
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| | Rob AJets AFC ChampionshipPremium
join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ Reviews:
·Verizon Online DSL
| Re: Pricing said by furlonium:said by Rob A:$80/month? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to much. And I doubt you get anywhere near 16Mbps anyway. I pay $72/month for 20/2 from RCN. Is that wayyyyyyyyyyy too much? No really, is it? haha! I don't mind paying. I say it is. My DSL is only 3Mbps/768K but it's only $24.99/month. And when fios becomes available I can get it for $29.99/month for 10Mbps/2Mbps. | |
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| | | | | Re: Pricing said by Rob A:said by furlonium:said by Rob A:$80/month? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to much. And I doubt you get anywhere near 16Mbps anyway. I pay $72/month for 20/2 from RCN. Is that wayyyyyyyyyyy too much? No really, is it? haha! I don't mind paying. I say it is. My DSL is only 3Mbps/768K but it's only $24.99/month. And when fios becomes available I can get it for $29.99/month for 10Mbps/2Mbps. On top of that, FIOS is $30 dollars cheaper for standalone for 15/2. I'm not sure how Charter sees that as competing. | |
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join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ | Re: Pricing I will never understand cable companies pricings, it's like they don't even want to be competative. | |
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join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | Re: Pricing said by Rob A:I will never understand cable companies pricings, it's like they don't even want to be competative. if you're the only game in town you don't have to be competitive. | |
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join:2007-06-17
Glen Carbon, IL
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| Re: Pricing I mostly agree with that.
Where I live, Charter is the only option that costs less than $100.
I have Charter Business Internet for $67 and it's not very reliable. But, I can't expect them to because of a lack of an uptime guarantee. However it's bad enough that I have a dial-up account with Copper.net just in case Charter goes out. The dial-up as backup is good enough because while I don't *always* need fast downloads, I do like to be able to do basic things no matter what.
Truth be told, there are ALWAYS other options. T1 and higher is always an option, albeit a pricey one. The question is, are there other options in the sub-$100/mo. bracket?
If Charter charged $400/mo., then I'd just go for T1, and that's probably what everyone else would do, or just not get fast Internet (among those who don't consider it important).
All I know is that when my apartment lease expires, I'm making sure I can get DSL at the next apartment. Anyone else interested in the same thing can look at whitefence.com, which can tell you what you can get based on street address. | |
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join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ Reviews:
·Verizon Online DSL
| said by BF69:said by Rob A:I will never understand cable companies pricings, it's like they don't even want to be competative. if you're the only game in town you don't have to be competitive. I feel bad for you guys. So mostly charter is just taking advantage of you guys because their is no one to challenge them and make them give reasonable prices. | |
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| | | dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | said by Rob A:said by furlonium:said by Rob A:$80/month? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to much. And I doubt you get anywhere near 16Mbps anyway. I pay $72/month for 20/2 from RCN. Is that wayyyyyyyyyyy too much? No really, is it? haha! I don't mind paying. I say it is. My DSL is only 3Mbps/768K but it's only $24.99/month. And when fios becomes available I can get it for $29.99/month for 10Mbps/2Mbps. Add in your POTS and all its associated bullshit fees and you're way over $40/month!
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join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ Reviews:
·Verizon Online DSL
| Re: Pricing said by dvd536:Add in your POTS and all its associated bullshit fees and you're way over $40/month! POTS is not expensive. I get unlimited calling US and Canada WITH taxes for $48. Not that bad if you ask me. | |
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| | | | | dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | Re: Pricing said by Rob A:said by dvd536:Add in your POTS and all its associated bullshit fees and you're way over $40/month! POTS is not expensive. I get unlimited calling US and Canada WITH taxes for $48. Not that bad if you ask me. But with just about any cable company you can get wayyyyyy more than 3mbps for what you're spending but if you DON'T have a cellphone then i guess what you have is a pretty good deal with DSL.
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| | | | | | Rob AJets AFC ChampionshipPremium
join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ Reviews:
·Verizon Online DSL
| Re: Pricing said by dvd536:said by Rob A:said by dvd536:Add in your POTS and all its associated bullshit fees and you're way over $40/month! POTS is not expensive. I get unlimited calling US and Canada WITH taxes for $48. Not that bad if you ask me. But with just about any cable company you can get wayyyyyy more than 3mbps for what you're spending but if you DON'T have a cellphone then i guess what you have is a pretty good deal with DSL. Personally, price is much more important to me than speed. I find 3Mbps plenty for what I do. Browsing the web is lightning fast, and I almost never download a file more than 10MB. I probably avg a total of 10-15MB a wk or less of total downloading. | |
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join:2001-12-20
Somewhere | said by Rob A:$80/month? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to much. And I doubt you get anywhere near 16Mbps anyway. Not in the area where I live! Charter can't even deliver 5M/512k service in Fort Worth. | |
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| said by Rob A:$80/month? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to much. And I doubt you get anywhere near 16Mbps anyway. Cheap to me, esp since its a free 6MB/s over the 10MB for the same price. Maybe YOU won't get the full speed but many do, i get better than advertised speeds. | |
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| | Rob AJets AFC ChampionshipPremium
join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ Reviews:
·Verizon Online DSL
| Re: Pricing said by markopoleo:said by Rob A:$80/month? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to much. And I doubt you get anywhere near 16Mbps anyway. Cheap to me, esp since its a free 6MB/s over the 10MB for the same price. Maybe YOU won't get the full speed but many do, i get better than advertised speeds. $80/month though? I mean, that is so steep. I personally think $50 is too much for 16Mbps. | |
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·Charter
| Re: Pricing said by Rob A:said by markopoleo:said by Rob A:$80/month? Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy to much. And I doubt you get anywhere near 16Mbps anyway. Cheap to me, esp since its a free 6MB/s over the 10MB for the same price. Maybe YOU won't get the full speed but many do, i get better than advertised speeds. $80/month though? I mean, that is so steep. I personally think $50 is too much for 16Mbps. Very cheap, less than 2 years ago I was paying $240 a month for ISDN here before cable came around. | |
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join:2001-06-28
House Springs, MO | STL Sign me up when it's in STL Market
i dont care about price all that much as long as it stay' the same price, after all i'm used to paying for ISDN | |
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AquaVitaPremium
join:2003-01-14
Garland, TX | ugh Probably no upstream increase. Screw this. | |
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| hobgoblinSortof AgoblinPremium
join:2001-11-25
Orchard Park, NY
kudos:4 | Re: ugh said by AquaVita:Probably no upstream increase. Screw this. Charter has been testing a DOCSIS 2.0 16Mbps/2Mbps cable tier
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join:2004-08-13
La Crosse, WI |  PFFF!
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| | I hate charter!!! Charter sucks!!! If I had any other alternative where I live, I'd tell charter to kiss my ass! | |
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| | You've got to be joking... 16/2 for $80? That's retarded...and it's in areas with FiOS competition; hopefully enough people will be smart enough to go with the 15/2 FiOS service which is $50 a month....
Man, I can't describe how much I hate Charter; the people I know who've dealt with is have never been superiorly happy with it...luckily, I'm in TWC territory (though, they don't have cable on my road...and probably never will since I'm out in the boonies). | |
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 RR ConductorHappy 40th AmtrakPremium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
kudos:1 | Expensive, compared to Comcast We're paying 66 a month here for the Comcast Performance Plus Tier, 8000/768, though with Powerboost we usually see 15000-20000 down and 2000-2500 up. We don't have their tv service, Directv is our tv provider. | |
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| | Outrageous price I pay 44.95 for 15/2 cable internet. And i ACTUALLY get 15/2 | |
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1 edit | i guess they saw what cablevision is doing I guess they saw what cablevision was doing.
couple of problems though.
cablevision is offering 16.5/2 on docsis 1.1 for $50 dollars or cheaper .
also cablevision is using docsis 2 and their boost package has no cap and 5 download so why is charter only having 16/2 on docsis 2? | |
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join:2004-02-21
Lakewood, OH | speedtest site what site do you think accurately reflects the speed of your line? I used speakeasy.net/speedtest
anything better for the akron, ohio market
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | Who cares? I'll get Fios in my area probably never and if I'm lucky around 2020 to get it or something similar. So I'll have to wait unti then to get 16/2? | |
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| fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | Re: Who cares? Really?? Verizon services Tennessee?? | |
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 ARGONAUTgot ping?Premium
join:2006-01-24
New Albany, IN | Use it and lose it. Charter will just complain about high usage that much faster, about 16Mbps faster. | |
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join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | Re: Use it and lose it. said by ARGONAUT:Charter will just complain about high usage that much faster, about 16Mbps faster. You really think so? .. or are you just recycling the same BBR crap over again ..? You do realize that while it sounds nice, these little one liners never wind up being true. 
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| | ARGONAUTgot ping?Premium
join:2006-01-24
New Albany, IN | Re: Use it and lose it. Welcome to Iggyville  | |
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| | Way to much for my blood! ANYTHING over $40 a month is WAY to much for me and a total waste of money, if you ask me. Most sites can't upload that fast to begin with, so just keep feeding Charter those dollars. Maybe they'll use it to fix their stuff in other areas. | |
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| | Charter Blows it as ususal! 69.99! Insane...why don't these people get it...you can't just keep adding tiers. Replace the top tier with faster speed don't add another one.
Stupid! | |
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