i'm in my lake park condo all by my lonesome so i'm payin for $100 standard cable+internet split 1 way. i just called and threatened to dissconect my shit hoping theyed offer me a promotion for a lower price. i got my interne lowered to $25 so now i'm payin 71$ a month for standard and cable. the chic i talked to about my cable didn't offer me jack a nd was just lik eyea we'll be out the 13th to disconnect it. anybody know of a way i can get my bills reduced bc i want cable but i' ain't tryin o spend 71$ per month.

2/8/2006 4:43:58 PM

life's tough aint it?

2/8/2006 5:01:19 PM

learn how to write first ace. Secondly, I pay 110 for HD-DVR, Cable, and Internet and I'm cool with it. 71 is a deal so you should live with it.

2/8/2006 5:04:02 PM

$75/mo. for 12months for RR cable internet, digital (HD-DVR), HD-tier, and HBO tier

2/8/2006 5:09:57 PM

mine's right around 70 with dvr and rr... the 'basic' package is covered thru the apt complex so i'm really paying $50 for rr and $20 for the digital cable

2/8/2006 5:21:17 PM

my vote for the dumbest post of the week!!

2/8/2006 5:42:18 PM

attn tww: time warner called my bluff and now i feel stupid. my cable's getting disconnected on the 13th - help!

2/8/2006 6:01:48 PM

you can split internet wirelessly with someone that lives near you

you can either use bittorrent to download tv episodes, or get a netflix subscription and keep copies of movies, or you can share satellite costs with a friend

i'm sure you know what's legal and what's not.

2/8/2006 6:04:10 PM

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"split 1 way"

impossible

2/8/2006 6:04:23 PM

i pay $100 for RR and digital cable plus hd shit on top of that and dvr.

2/8/2006 6:04:50 PM

If you're strapped on cash, just get one of the $20 DSL packages for internet use and the basic (~$15) cable package.

2/8/2006 6:09:36 PM

dFshadow has got it down.

I had major problems with my internet and I talked to a neighbor and pay them a small fee to connect through their router. just keep a password on it if you do it.

2/8/2006 6:10:05 PM

ok i've got a question: time warner cable in my area offers a cable tv package with 75 channels, 15 on demand, music radio stations for $45 a month ( http://www.timewarnercable.com/sandiego/products/pricing.html ). they called me one day asking if i wanted to try the premium package for $30 a month for 6 months, and i agreed cause i wanted cable. so the guy comes out and hooks it up, and its just the 75 channels... no cable box or anything. so, am i getting ripped off? 75 channels for the promotional price of $30 a month? i think the installer was just lazy and screwed me, or was confused about what to hook up.

so i pay $75 ($45 for cable internet, $30 for cable TV.... for now, after 6 months it'll go up...)

2/8/2006 7:24:42 PM

$47/month for digital cable and cable internet via comcast

2/8/2006 7:29:24 PM

on a side not, fuck comcast. i have been using autopay with them for over a year, but apparently they decided to switch it off in September without letting me know. they also didn't let me know i was late on paying my bill until a dude showed up at my door tonight to get my boxes and shit...had to cut him a check for over $800...which wouldn't be bad if I wasn't in grad school and that was half my monthly budget.

2/8/2006 7:47:06 PM

i don't pay anything. i don't have cable, and my internet comes from other sources.

2/8/2006 7:52:05 PM

$90 for Digital Cable and RR

2/8/2006 11:03:41 PM

$60 for basic channels + internet w/Adelphia.

I don't watch TV enough anymore to justify the extra $30+ a month to pay for it. I could get wireless internet for free as well from the apartment complex I'm in, but I don't trust the unencrypted connections. I get two channels off the airwaves where I'm at, so basic was worth the $15/month.

If your study habits don't require the TV on in the background, you probably don't need it that badly. If they do, find a way to pay for it. (I can't remember having the free time to leisurely watch TV my junior/senior year...meh)

2/8/2006 11:27:40 PM

paying about 30 a month for satellite with tivo, and 30 a month for 6mbit dsl through bellsouth. These are promotional plans though and both will go up to about 50 each after a year though. May change to digital cable+cable modem then depending on what deal's best at the time.

2/8/2006 11:27:57 PM

what's your upload speed on that 6mbit dsl package?

2/9/2006 12:24:12 AM

$34.99 for RR and $0.00 for cable (Ch. 2-77)

2/9/2006 12:49:19 AM

Nothing. I get it as a package deal with my rent.

2/9/2006 1:07:32 AM

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"had to cut him a check for over $800"

there's no way in the world I would've done that!!!

give him the crap, then call and complain that it was their mistake, and they bring it all back again. the worst that could happen is you pay for the months you missed...where'd the $800 come from?

2/9/2006 1:10:05 AM

they dont cut the cable off in places like lake park....they may take the box, but ull still get regular cable

2/9/2006 1:31:30 AM

we pay $125 for Internet , Cable (HBO+Cinemax) DVR now. we 've paid $114 for same thing for 12 months . Looking for better deal

2/9/2006 1:31:59 AM

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"...had to cut him a check for over $800...which wouldn't be bad if I wasn't in grad school and that was half my monthly budget."

But if they were not drafting your account for all those months you should have had the money? Oh, you spent it.

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"the worst that could happen is you pay for the months you missed...where'd the $800 come from?"

Probably just that, the amount due for the months missed.

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2/9/2006 8:40:20 AM

Does RR charge for the use of a router to network? I read in the faq that they charge a fee for additional IP addresses with a HUB but I didn't know if a router was the same deal.

2/21/2006 7:37:32 PM

no - rr does not charge for you to use your own router

2/21/2006 7:38:02 PM

i pay nothing...i steal all that i have

2/21/2006 9:53:25 PM

FIOS

2/21/2006 9:56:30 PM

if your good, you can pay for internet and somehow have cable along with it

2/21/2006 11:01:47 PM

if you're good, you can spell above a third grade level

2/21/2006 11:25:35 PM

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"Prospero All American 4596 Posts user info edit post $47/month for digital cable and cable internet via comcast"

Really? Do we have comcast in the triangle?

2/22/2006 11:15:59 AM

http://www.switchboard.com/Internet_Service/Raleigh/NC/16550-/yellowpages.htm

2/22/2006 11:23:12 AM

I think i tried your free cable with internet trick... call up saying you have an "Intermittent" connection, and they'll remove the cable filter allowing you to get free cable. Unfortunately, in my area, they do random checks and put the filter back on. Worked for a short while though.

I would much rather have comcast than TWC btw

2/22/2006 11:26:31 AM

and while we're at it,

anybody have an HDTV with a cable card slot (read qam decoder) picking up digital channels without without the digital cable box. I've read that you can pick up all the local channels + Discovery HD + TNT HD (no sound) + possibly extras. Anybody tried this?

2/22/2006 11:28:46 AM

nothing - there are too many free, wide-open wireless connections in my neighborhood to justify paying to check my email

as far as security goes - whatever. There are much simpler ways to get my personal info than that.

Honestly, I am more worried about my house or car being broken into or being mugged on the commute home.

2/22/2006 12:39:38 PM

fair enough...the cable internet and "free" cable trick does work (or it did last year when i was in an apartment)

2/22/2006 12:51:53 PM