On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 12:02:03PM -0600, S. Earl Jarosh wrote: > So I am Golden Valley, monopolized by Comcast and I don't do cable TV or > digital Telco. DSL would be very slow as I am on fringes of the longest loop > with bad wire pairs so DSL is out of the picture. > > I currently pay: > > Monthly charges: > Modem Rental.............................. 3.00 > High Speed Internet Svc............... 57.95 > Subtotal........................................ 60.95 > Taxes & Fees > Sales Tax...................................... .20 > > Monthly Balence Due.................... 61.15 > > Any recomendations on how to lower that cost. > > S. Earl Jarosh (ex. Steve?) > N0HZ (ex. KA0VYB) No Hertz, No Gain > earl at jarosh.org > 6128681313 at mobile.att.net > searljarosh at moneycenters.com > www.moneycenters.com Call and order basic cable(*), which costs $8.41/mo and qualifies as a second comcast service, which takes $15 off your cable internet ($42.95/mo base rate for existing customers) If you spend $20-30 on a cable modem (ebay) that will take another $3 off your bill. That would make your monthly bill around $51.36 plus 50 cents tax or so, and you get the local TV stations (even if you don't want/need it) Thanks for posting your bill by the way, it appears that you're hit with a whopping $.20 in evil added fees and surcharges by the big bad monopoly! (*) Don't let them talk you into digital cable, make it very clear that you want basic analog cable for $8.41/mo. You can find the details here: https://www.comcast.com/Localization/default.asp?Referer=/Buyflow/default.ashx -- Matthew S. Hallacy FUBAR, LART, BOFH Certified http://www.poptix.net GPG public key 0x01938203