dmidkiff All American 3324 Posts user info edit post |
I called RR about my recently crappy speeds and weekends without email service and asked what they could do since I've had RR for a long time. They gave me 12 months @ $34.99/mo. Not bad since I've been paying $44.99/mo. for a loooong time. I guess anyone can call in and get the same deal. 11/15/2005 11:12:21 PM |
qntmfred retired 40816 Posts user info edit post |
yeah i've heard people say this stuff a lot lately. especially in regards to switching to dsl. i guess i need to try it pretty soon 11/15/2005 11:14:25 PM |
drunknloaded Suspended 147487 Posts user info edit post |
one time my roomate at my first apartment called and bitched them out and we got some money credited 11/15/2005 11:25:08 PM |
MOODY All American 9700 Posts user info edit post |
i get free hd dvr from talking to them several times about various problems i had and better offers that made up for the opportunity cost to switch (the lady even said "it's a lot of trouble to switch" before i hit her with the info)
you can def. talk to get discounts 11/15/2005 11:49:07 PM |
JonHGuth Suspended 39171 Posts user info edit post |
cell phone companies will hook you up too if you have been a customer for awhile 11/15/2005 11:50:52 PM |
synapse play so hard 60940 Posts user info edit post |
^ whats the best way to go about doing that? I've been a cingular customer for 5 years but want to switch due to the high per minute prices (national only plans). whats the best way to approach this...what numbers to call, who to speak with etc? 11/16/2005 12:24:15 AM |
cornbread All American 2809 Posts user info edit post |
switching to CTC (concord) DSL "lite". Not bad though and much better than bell south dsl lite. CTC 24.99/month for 6 months then 29.99/month for 512x512
but holy crap they have service that blows roadrunner away... 10Mbpsx1Mbps for 69.99/month 11/17/2005 8:37:15 PM |
WillD All American 841 Posts user info edit post |
How does that blow RR away?
Thats just.. 5mbps more dl, and 512kbps more ul? For $25 more?
No.
Now if you were talking about FOIS..then itd be a different story. 11/17/2005 8:42:40 PM |
cornbread All American 2809 Posts user info edit post |
wtf are you talking about road runner premium 8Mpbs down 512kbps up for
Quote : | "$69.95 when you also subscribe to Digital Phone and/or Cable TV $84.95 as a stand-alone" |
so yes it blow it out of the water
regular roadrunner is Up to 5 Mbps download speed x 384 kbps upload
[Edited on November 17, 2005 at 8:58 PM. Reason : rr]11/17/2005 8:56:15 PM |
WillD All American 841 Posts user info edit post |
Uh...so I wasn't wrong (ok, a bit off when considering the ul speed).
and I regularly get 5Mpbs at home with RR.
I am just saying that another 5Mbps is not worth the $25 extra. Is another 650kilobytes a second worth the $25 to you? Its hard to even max out 650 a lot of the time anyway. If I really wanted kick ass speed I would just wait it out unti FiOS is more widespread.
Up to 15 Mbps/2 Mbps for $49.95 truly blows everything out of the water. 11/17/2005 9:04:42 PM |
underPSI tillerman 14088 Posts user info edit post |
damn midkiff, i thought you were good at getting good deals. time warner is the easiest company to get a good deal with. all you have to do is call and cancel your service. they'll go through the cancelling process but right before they say they're done, they'll ask why you are cancelling. i tell them because i can get the same service for cheaper e.g. bellsouth dsl for 29.95/month. i've been paying that rate for roadrunner for 2 years now. just like my t.w. digital phone. vonage charges 24.95/month so t.w. matched that as well. the only pain in the ass about doing it is the prices aren't permenant. they'll try to offer the discount for only 3 months but then i just tell them that i can get it through the other company at that rate permenantly so they'll at least have to do it for a year. one day i'm just going to drop t.w. all together. i can't believe i work so hard to continue to be their customer. 11/19/2005 12:07:34 AM |
cornbread All American 2809 Posts user info edit post |
well I just called to cancel the roadrunner they tried to offer 29.99 for 6 more months I said if you guys only had a cable modem lite like dsl had I might have kept you guys. Well they do have a roadrunner lite that is 384d/128u for $29.99 but my dsl lite is only costing $24.99/month for 6 months then $29.99 and I get 512d/512u but is actually running at 726d/738u.
Sorry AOL time warner you SUCK 12/1/2005 4:37:52 PM |
Johnny Swank All American 1889 Posts user info edit post |
We're getting ready to get RR at the crib. We were splitting his connection through his router till he moved.
Question. How many computers can I hook up just using there modem, and do they have a wifi modem so I won't have to deal with setting up a system. Usually one user, but possibly up to three at a time. Rarely download big files so that's not a huge deal for me. 12/1/2005 4:53:26 PM |
cornbread All American 2809 Posts user info edit post |
you pay more for using the time warner wireless. if you don't have a router or hub only 1 connection to the internet is available. Just buy a wireless router it's cake to hookup. 12/1/2005 4:56:10 PM |
Josh8315 Suspended 26780 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "recently crappy speeds" |
how bad?
[Edited on December 1, 2005 at 4:58 PM. Reason : -]12/1/2005 4:57:52 PM |
Johnny Swank All American 1889 Posts user info edit post |
I'm assuming that a wireless router will have a couple of ethernet ports as well. The ideal plan would be to hardwire 2 computers and have wifi just for the laptop. 12/1/2005 5:01:55 PM |
boonedocks All American 5550 Posts user info edit post |
^^
Half the time my Battlefield 2 ping is like 150ish, making it unplayable. 12/1/2005 5:33:54 PM |
dmidkiff All American 3324 Posts user info edit post |
^^most wireless routers have 4 hard-wired ports on the back side 12/1/2005 6:28:02 PM |
Johnny Swank All American 1889 Posts user info edit post |
Cool, thank you.
One more thing. We might run 1 100 foot cable to the neighbor's apartment. Is that too long? 12/1/2005 7:18:39 PM |
cornbread All American 2809 Posts user info edit post |
that will be fine 12/1/2005 9:07:33 PM |
Quinn All American 16417 Posts user info edit post |
100 foot is fine
Time warner is really fucking slow here , i think it might be partially our jew routers fault though 12/3/2005 10:43:35 AM |
boonedocks All American 5550 Posts user info edit post |
Does anyone else's RR still suck?
I can't play BF2 at all anymore. 12/5/2005 6:54:44 PM |