John Oliver wrote:
On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 09:36:07PM -0600, Legatus wrote:
In Lenexa we have multiple competitors, so we can get a better rate. My wife
called when we moved here and said "We are moving to an area with Everest,
and I am thinking of switching my service" The sales rep responded "We have
a deal for people like you." We get digital cable, internet, and either
Shotime or HBO for just under $60. The phone service is $30. It comes out
at about 1/2 what I used to pay. Hope that helps.
This pisses me off.
I have Time Warner, earthlink cable modem, digital cable, HBO, and three
convertors. All that for $93 a month, and that's after the HOA pays for
basic cable!
However, in an area where there's competition, all of a sudden they can
offer more services for half the cost and somehow manage to not go
bankrupt.
Back on topic, though, I have thought about looking into getting phone
from TW too. I remember Cox used to have a package deal for all three
services. I pay AT&T about $35 a month... if I could save some $$$ I'd
go for it.
As for losing power, well, I have my cell phone :-)
I lived in Lenexa and switched from TW and SBC to Everest -- it cost me
basically half for far better service. Fiber to the back yard beats the
hell out of cable and lousy phone connections. Everest had a plan for
emergency service and I never lost it.
Here, in San Antonio, I am forced back to the TW slunge but I refused to
use AT&T phone 2-wire service. I have AT&T CallVantage VOIP service over
TW cable. It has been great and cost me $29.99 (36.12 with tax) per
month for so many features you have to go to the web site to see. Voice
quality is rated as "toll quality" (i.e., same as 2-wire service).
To get around any power problems with my house, one phone, the telephone
adapter, the cable modem, and my wireless Linksys router are on a UPS.
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