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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 12:44 PM
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Everything is going up and now the internet.

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/17546.cfm

Current Time Warner subscribers pay $40 USD a month for unlimited Internet with 10MB down/1MB up, and Massa expects most of those users will eventually end up being forced to pay $150 a month for the same service.


damn verizon hurry up and bring Fios to queens.

With the prices going up I think dial-up will never die.
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 01:07 PM
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I signed a contract where they can't raise there price for 2 years after that I'll move to Fios
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 01:15 PM
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Well, this settles it.
I am moving to FiOS as soon as they finish wiring my block.

TimeWarner has been good to me up until now, but I won't stand for this bullshit.
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 02:21 PM
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wtf mate? don't you guys have optimum in that area?
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by sherwood
wtf mate? don't you guys have optimum in that area?
I'm a fair ways away from downtown and LA is a clusterfuck of suburban sprawl. By any measure, it would take a long time to wire up the whole valley.
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 03:51 AM
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Originally Posted by sherwood
wtf mate? don't you guys have optimum in that area?
Only offered in the bronx and brooklyn.
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 05:13 AM
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Time Warner just upped our bill to over $100 so we called and threatened to switch. They lowered it to $89 and gave us DVR

$89 for cable + internet ..not sure what speed internet we have......no premiums on cable, just the HD 'package'(?)
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 07:28 AM
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pilfered internet FTW!

the one thing I don't really get is if they want to tier everything when it comes down to usage, is there some sort of monitor or something to view how close you are to the cap like all wireless carriers have for their minutes? the other thing is they really don't break down the tiers so the average person can relate to what they would need without having to go over. seems like they are trying to make it confusing so that most people go with the best package just in case.
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by skabone69
pilfered internet FTW!

the one thing I don't really get is if they want to tier everything when it comes down to usage, is there some sort of monitor or something to view how close you are to the cap like all wireless carriers have for their minutes? the other thing is they really don't break down the tiers so the average person can relate to what they would need without having to go over. seems like they are trying to make it confusing so that most people go with the best package just in case.
They give you access to some sort of online bandwidth monitor.

They break down the tiers by saying, "This is XXX amount of emails, or XXX amount of itunes songs."
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 12:59 PM
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You think that's expensive, have you seen the prices on their Cable TV???
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