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You can save $5/month by getting Basic I cable and cable because Basic
I costs $10/month and you get $15/month taken off your internet bill if
you have any cable service. So my bill per month is $58 including all
taxes and fees.<br>
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Curtis Griesel wrote:
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cite="mid:7f246bf00902101059t27dbb986h1574fc685d6be71c@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Do you know about some secret plan that is not advertised
somewhere?<br>
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Go to <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.comcast.com">www.comcast.com</a>,
click on Shop / High-speed internet, type in 8601 Thomas Ave S, 55431,
which is my block in Bloomington, and you will see that the cheapest
package is $45 per month, but that requires a $15 per month cable TV
subscription. If you try to order it without cable service they charge
you $60 per month. I know, because that is what I pay. I don't watch
TV so the cable TV is irrelevant for me -- I have to pay $60 per month
for marginal broadband service. And I have to struggle to keep it at
$60 per month because everytime I call Comcast, even for a minor
question, they try to upsell me to a more expensive package.<br>
<br>
If there is some secret promotional code get broadband for $25 per
month on my block, please let me know. For now, I'm under the thumb of
the Comcast/Bloomington City broadband monopoly.<br>
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Curits<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Scott Dier
<span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:scott@dier.name">scott@dier.name</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Residential
service is available for less than $60 a month without video, there is
a 1mbps/384k tier available. I believe its ~$25/mo.
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Curtis
Griesel <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:cwgriesel@gmail.com" target="_blank">cwgriesel@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">We
can't get DSL in my area of Bloomington because the phone
infrastructure is too old. Comcast has a monopoly on broadband
service, and residential service starts at $60 per month. Of course
this is not all Comcast's fault, the city council could take a little
leadership on broadband access for Bloomington. But I suspect the city
is in cahoots with Comcast because they get their community-access
cable services and infrastructure from Comcast. I wonder what other
benefits the council gets from Comcast that they make us continue to
pay Comcast $60 per month for their marginal internet services, but
that's the state of affairs right now.<br>
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<font color="#888888">-- <br>
Scott Dier <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:scott@dier.name"
target="_blank">scott@dier.name</a>><br>
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