You really should look at comcastoffers.com. You get a free install kit (no rebate required) and mail-in rebate for the cost of the modem, plus you get a mail-in rebate for $100, not a gift card. You also get the rate of $19.99 ($29.99 without cable service).
Also, when I called Comcast to get it set up they were no longer penalizing your speed for not having cable service. The options were $52.95 for 6Mbs/384Kbs or $62.95 for 8Kbs/768Kbs. When I had looked into it a month earlier they knocked of 2Mbs for not having cable service. But, this was going straight through Comcast and not one of the retail channels. I have seen Comcast offers for DSL users who switch a full year at $19.95. Kirk On 1/21/06, Lars Rasmussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 1/21/06, Kirk Lapray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Last night I downloaded the Linux kernel at an average rate > > of 1MB/s. It only to about 40 seconds to download the entire file! > > 1MB/s - Nice. > > > I am currently paying $44.95 a month for the first 4 months, after > > this it will be $62.95. As for any taxes, it doesn't look like I am > paying > > any. They might only have to charge taxes if you get their cable TV > > services. I was paying $46.95 (+taxes, fees, etc. which I never took > the > > time to figure out) for my 1.5Mbs/768Kbs DSL connection and ISP. > > $62.95 is $5.37 more than what I pay now for slower DSL throughput: > > $36.37 Qwest Standalone 1.5Mbps/384Kbps DSL ($33 + $3.37 taxes) > $21.21 ISP Charges (Veracity/Off Campus Telecommunications) > ------- > $57.58 current monthly charges (from December 2005 - my wife said > Qwest bill is normally $41) > > I called the Orem Best Buy @ 801-225-4922 (Menu Option 3, then 1 for > Computer Dept) > and talked with 2 sales folks. > > The Best Buy in-store offer sounds pretty good: > $79.99 Motorola Comcast "modem" (bridge I think) > $15 fee for "self install kit" > > Mail-In Rebates & Promotions: > $79.99 mail-in rebate on Motorola "modem" > $50 mail-in offer for Best Buy Gift Card > $15 mail-in rebate for "self install kit" > > So the Best Buy in-store offer would be $95 + tax out of pocket. > > Then I'd pay $52.95 /month for a 4Mbps/384Kbps connection, with a > discounted rate of $29.99/month for the first 6 Months. > > $52.95 is $4.63 less than the $57.58 DSL monthly I pay now. I'd also > get the extra 2.5Mbps downstream, which would be nice for downloading > the TV shows I care about. I could opt to pay the extra $10 and have > the 8Mbps/768Kbps speed that Kirk enjoys, but that would exceed my > current monthly charges. > > Choosing analog cable tv would add $28.99 in "installation" fees. > Quotation marks added because I'm not sure what install work would be > required (on the phone Comcast said they'd need to have a tech come > out to "turn on" the cable tv connection) even though the previous > owners of our home installed Comcast Cable tv(digital, I think). > Analog cable tv changes the monthly price to ~$57.15, a la Barry's > Internet + analog cable tv, minus the extra IP. So I'd pay 4 bucks > more than Comcast standalone internet and get analog cable tv, but > still pay less than I pay now for DSL. I'd also save $60 with a > discounted rate of $19.99/month over the first 6 months instead of > $29.99/month. Comcast also ups the downstream from 4Mbps to 6Mbps for > customers who pay for a cable subscription. > > I think I'm going to go with the Best Buy Comcast offer, skipping the > analog cable tv. The extra install cost annoys me. I might change my > mind after I think about it for a few days, but I'm definitely leaving > Qwest behind. > > I'll continue to use Vonage for my VoIP service, and upgrade to the > latest beta of BSD-based pfsense firewall (pfsense.com) - I've been > running an alpha successfully for several months. Last time I > rebooted the pfsense firewall it had ~90 days of uptime, and pfsense > allows for QoS traffic shaping to keep my VoIP packets happy. > > Thanks Walter, Kirk, Barry, Wade, Ross, "Gill", and for the Best Buy > info, Jesse! > -- > Lars > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
