Time Warner phone connection
TonyTib:
Even though I don't like to do it, I'd recommend negotiating. I know people here (Silicon valley) who keep their rates down on AT&T or Comcast by threatening to go to the other. One even got a good deal on AT&T Dry Loop DSL (DSL only, no extras) by doing that.
BTW, from what I've heard, CenturyLink makes Comcast look good.
Lavarock7:
A neighbor here in Hawaii has TWC branded "Oceanic TW". He had phone and internet with them. Because his VOIP from them wasn't working well they gave him what looks like a dictionary-sized voip box. I showed him how VOIP could cost him next to nothing.
When he went to the cable company and said he wanted t odrop their VOIP service and just have internet, they asked if he would keep the phone for $1 a month. He agreed, but as soon as they want more than $12 a year he is ready to jump ship. Yes, with Voip.Ms he would still pay $12 a year for the local number, but has now has multiple numbers and some routing on the calls that he likes.
SteveInWA:
Yah, I think that the cable companies are desperate to retain customers, and historically, the way they did that was to make it as difficult as possible to switch providers. That meant selling triple play bundles, no matter how much the customer insisted they didn't want it. Now that so many customers are either dumping land line service entirely and just using mobile phones, or using third-party VoIP, the cable companies are resorting to practically giving away their phone service, solely to keep the customer hooked on using that phone number, and thus continuing to make it less convenient (in the average customer's mind, not for us techies) to switch.
In this week's news, the FCC is considering new rules to make it easier for cable customers to buy their own set top boxes, and the cable industry is in full-blown lobbyist attack mode. I suspect they spend more money on lobbyists than they do on providing phone service.
dircom:
We keep getting ads to add phone service from Cox Cable for $10 a month. Not a bad price, but it goes up to $30 or $40 after the term of the special. The cost of taxes alone are more than a lot of people pay for their service here at "obiland".
I like the freedom of managing my own phone service, the multitude of options. (and the cost) :)
azrobert:
We use Cox Cable for TV, Internet and phone service. The wife refuses to give up her landline. We just had a basic plan plus CallerID/CNAM and used it only for local calls. About a year ago Cox had a bundle offer I couldn't turn down. It included tripling my internet speed to about 170mbps, a bunch of premium movie channels, DVR service and nationwide phone service with every option. All this for $30/month LESS than I was previously paying with a 3 year price guarantee. They promised it won't go over my previous payment after the 3 years. We'll see how that goes. They are now offering an upgrade to their GigaBlast internet service for no extra charge. I plan to upgrade as soon as the service is available in my area. You should check out some of their bundle offers.
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