Posted: 7/15/2009 8:08:49 AM EDT
For the past year I've been surfing along at 12mb for $36 a month as happy as a clam.....until I got this month's bill. Freaking $56!  I personally think that is ridiculous! And of course when I look for different options I have ONLY 1, AT&T's U-verse for about the same price. Out of the 4-5 companies in the area only Comcast provides cable modem access.
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$50/month for 3 up and 1.5 down. Supposedly my ISP (Charter) is upping their premium services to 10mb and as a result I'll automatically receive the adjusted lowest tier (5mb) for the same price.
My monthly cable+internet bill is ~$160/month. Charter has a monopoly on the cable service...it's either them or Dish Network/Direct. |
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$59.99 for Comcast upper tier Cable service. Usually average about 18-20Mbps down and 5-6Mbps up. I've got zero complaints here on the internet service, which is good since my only other option would be a 3Mbps down 768k up DSL line. I'd kill for FIOS to get here, cause I don't feel like paying an extra $50 a month to Comcast just to get two or three more channels....I'm on the limited basic, which is $12 a month for local only. Anything else and you jump into the "Digital" packages which don't start until the mid $60 range.
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Quoted: For the past year I've been surfing along at 12mb for $36 a month as happy as a clam.....until I got this month's bill. Freaking $56! I personally think that is ridiculous! And of course when I look for different options I have ONLY 1, AT&T's U-verse for about the same price. Out of the 4-5 companies in the area only Comcast provides cable modem access.How much are you paying for internet? $56 for 12Mb is a good deal. T1's (1.5Mb) are about $300 a month T3's (44Mb) are about $1,500 a month. i remember when my computer geek friend was paying by the hour for 33.3kb, HUNDREDS of dollars a month, and it would take HOURS for good porn to download. then $19.95 a month for 56k. the $36 was the introductory price, you didn't expect to pay that forever right??? we have Comcast here in houston....they have 6Mb and 12Mb internet....they also suck. so i'm paying about $55 a month with ATT for 5 Mb internet, i can download all the porn i want and play on my xbox, and i don't have to deal with Comcasts douchebagery. |
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For the past year I've been surfing along at 12mb for $36 a month as happy as a clam.....until I got this month's bill. Freaking $56! I personally think that is ridiculous! And of course when I look for different options I have ONLY 1, AT&T's U-verse for about the same price. Out of the 4-5 companies in the area only Comcast provides cable modem access.
How much are you paying for internet? $56 for 12Mb is a good deal. T1's (1.5Mb) are about $300 a month T3's (44Mb) are about $1,500 a month. i remember when my computer geek friend was paying by the hour for 33.3kb, HUNDREDS of dollars a month, and it would take HOURS for good porn to download. then $19.95 a month for 56k. the $36 was the introductory price, you didn't expect to pay that forever right??? we have Comcast here in houston....they have 6Mb and 12Mb internet....they also suck. so i'm paying about $55 a month with ATT for 5 Mb internet, i can download all the porn i want and play on my xbox, and i don't have to deal with Comcasts douchebagery. $300/month for 1.5mb is ridiculous. Unless of course you meant $300/year 
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| $70/Mo - Pro Package DSL with ATT with 5 static IPs / DNS hosting. 3MB down and 512up. They don't hassle me with port blocking or AUP policies that forbid everything. It has not gone down in 7 years of using it. Road Runner would drop my connection if I looked at it wrong. |
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For the past year I've been surfing along at 12mb for $36 a month as happy as a clam.....until I got this month's bill. Freaking $56! I personally think that is ridiculous! And of course when I look for different options I have ONLY 1, AT&T's U-verse for about the same price. Out of the 4-5 companies in the area only Comcast provides cable modem access.
How much are you paying for internet? Sand in your mangina. This price is not out of line –– especially when the competitor in the area is about the same. If you want it free, go talk to Obama. He and the rest of the socialist bastards in power will get it for you. |
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For the past year I've been surfing along at 12mb for $36 a month as happy as a clam.....until I got this month's bill. Freaking $56! I personally think that is ridiculous! And of course when I look for different options I have ONLY 1, AT&T's U-verse for about the same price. Out of the 4-5 companies in the area only Comcast provides cable modem access.
How much are you paying for internet? and? call up ATT and say you have an offer from comcast for same speed of internet for less and they will cut your bill asap. i do it every 6 months to comcast ^_^ takes 5 minutes and saves me 20 bucks on a regular internet fee of 50$ so it goes to 30$ 
this last time i called they bumped my speed or something, my download didnt increase but my upload doubled..... I wonder if my router is limiting my download speed now, its sorta older but i doubt it.. eta- my upload seems quite ridiculous good now, i wonder if its a mistake ^_^ |
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For the past year I've been surfing along at 12mb for $36 a month as happy as a clam.....until I got this month's bill. Freaking $56! I personally think that is ridiculous! And of course when I look for different options I have ONLY 1, AT&T's U-verse for about the same price. Out of the 4-5 companies in the area only Comcast provides cable modem access.
How much are you paying for internet? U verse sucks. Don't get it. My parents have had it for the last 18 months and it is the spottiest service I have ever used - and I'm rarely there! I pay $55 a month for phone line +1.5mb/s DSL. I only have the phone line for the dsl, so I count it in the bill. |
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For the past year I've been surfing along at 12mb for $36 a month as happy as a clam.....until I got this month's bill. Freaking $56! I personally think that is ridiculous! And of course when I look for different options I have ONLY 1, AT&T's U-verse for about the same price. Out of the 4-5 companies in the area only Comcast provides cable modem access.
How much are you paying for internet? $56 for 12Mb is a good deal. T1's (1.5Mb) are about $300 a month T3's (44Mb) are about $1,500 a month. i remember when my computer geek friend was paying by the hour for 33.3kb, HUNDREDS of dollars a month, and it would take HOURS for good porn to download. then $19.95 a month for 56k. the $36 was the introductory price, you didn't expect to pay that forever right??? we have Comcast here in houston....they have 6Mb and 12Mb internet....they also suck. so i'm paying about $55 a month with ATT for 5 Mb internet, i can download all the porn i want and play on my xbox, and i don't have to deal with Comcasts douchebagery. $300/month for 1.5mb is ridiculous. Unless of course you meant $300/year
No he's quite serious and that price will vary greatly depending on location and how much bandwidth you order, but tier one service, the stuff your ISP buys to resell you is expensive. My ISP actually paid closer to $650 a month per 1.5Mb of bandwidth. Its why consumers who get their panties in a bunch thinking their $50 a month should grand them 24/7 no caps or limitations on access to 10Mb/s a second generally have no idea what they're talking about. |
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For the past year I've been surfing along at 12mb for $36 a month as happy as a clam.....until I got this month's bill. Freaking $56! I personally think that is ridiculous! And of course when I look for different options I have ONLY 1, AT&T's U-verse for about the same price. Out of the 4-5 companies in the area only Comcast provides cable modem access.
How much are you paying for internet? $56 for 12Mb is a good deal. T1's (1.5Mb) are about $300 a month T3's (44Mb) are about $1,500 a month. i remember when my computer geek friend was paying by the hour for 33.3kb, HUNDREDS of dollars a month, and it would take HOURS for good porn to download. then $19.95 a month for 56k. the $36 was the introductory price, you didn't expect to pay that forever right??? we have Comcast here in houston....they have 6Mb and 12Mb internet....they also suck. so i'm paying about $55 a month with ATT for 5 Mb internet, i can download all the porn i want and play on my xbox, and i don't have to deal with Comcasts douchebagery. $300/month for 1.5mb is ridiculous. Unless of course you meant $300/year
No he's quite serious and that price will vary greatly depending on location and how much bandwidth you order, but tier one service, the stuff your ISP buys to resell you is expensive. My ISP actually paid closer to $650 a month per 1.5Mb of bandwidth. Its why consumers who get their panties in a bunch thinking their $50 a month should grand them 24/7 no caps or limitations on access to 10Mb/s a second generally have no idea what they're talking about. Except the major ISP aren't bringing in T1's, they are brining in OC's where they monopolize the pipes and thus the areas. At my last job their OC12 was cheaper than their 2 T-1s per month. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: For the past year I've been surfing along at 12mb for $36 a month as happy as a clam.....until I got this month's bill. Freaking $56! I personally think that is ridiculous! And of course when I look for different options I have ONLY 1, AT&T's U-verse for about the same price. Out of the 4-5 companies in the area only Comcast provides cable modem access.How much are you paying for internet? $56 for 12Mb is a good deal. T1's (1.5Mb) are about $300 a month T3's (44Mb) are about $1,500 a month. i remember when my computer geek friend was paying by the hour for 33.3kb, HUNDREDS of dollars a month, and it would take HOURS for good porn to download. then $19.95 a month for 56k. the $36 was the introductory price, you didn't expect to pay that forever right??? we have Comcast here in houston....they have 6Mb and 12Mb internet....they also suck. so i'm paying about $55 a month with ATT for 5 Mb internet, i can download all the porn i want and play on my xbox, and i don't have to deal with Comcasts douchebagery. $300/month for 1.5mb is ridiculous. Unless of course you meant $300/year No, that is 1.5 Mb up/down per month. This is non-residential service usually, and terms allow for servers and such. |
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For the past year I've been surfing along at 12mb for $36 a month as happy as a clam.....until I got this month's bill. Freaking $56! I personally think that is ridiculous! And of course when I look for different options I have ONLY 1, AT&T's U-verse for about the same price. Out of the 4-5 companies in the area only Comcast provides cable modem access.
How much are you paying for internet? U verse sucks. Don't get it. My parents have had it for the last 18 months and it is the spottiest service I have ever used - and I'm rarely there! I pay $55 a month for phone line +1.5mb/s DSL. I only have the phone line for the dsl, so I count it in the bill. They must live to far away from the at&t box. Ours is less than 100 yards from our house as the crow flies, and it hasn't cut out once in the 7 months we've had it. The closest box in my old mans neighborhood is almost a half mile away from his house. His neighbor had it installed and it wouldn't work for shit. When the install guy comes out, he can tell you how far away you are. I think I remember reading somewhere that you want to be less than a 1/4 mile from the fiber "drop box", I think it was called. |