Re: [Nolug] New feature of Cox High Speed Internet

Actually I'm wrong, it's $125/mo.

$56.99 for basic cable
$61.99 for "premier" internet
the rest is all taxes and surcharges... but I agree, it's ridiculous. I'm
tempted to just drop the TV and have internet only, if it will cut my bill
in half.

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Jonathan Roberts <gremln007@gmail.com>wrote:

> What speed do you get for 150?? That seems incredibly high.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Chris Jones <techmaster@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> More? The $150/mo I'm paying now isn't enough? I'm already considering
>> ditching Cox as it is, the costs just keep going up and up. A few years ago
>> it was $120, and I haven't added any services to my account. The prices go
>> up, and the amount of service we receive is going down. This is backwards,
>> considering as technology improves, prices should be going down, as they are
>> in every other country. In the US there is far too much monopolization on
>> communications.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:17 PM, John Souvestre <johns@sstar.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Charles.
>>>
>>> Possibly, but probably not. If an ISP supplies unlimited bandwidth it
>>> costs
>>> them more. So they have to charge more.
>>>
>>> As a customer, are you willing to pay twice the rate because of the top
>>> 10%
>>> who double the ISP's bandwidth if there is no cap? Unless you are in
>>> that
>>> top 10%, the answer is generally no - hell no! :)
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> John Souvestre - New Orleans LA - (504) 454-0899
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org
>>> [mailto:owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org] On Behalf Of Charles Paul
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 1:07 pm
>>> To: nolug@nolug.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Nolug] New feature of Cox High Speed Internet
>>>
>>> Are there *any* service providers for unmetered, un-capped Internet
>>> access
>>> in New Orleans?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:52 AM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Some guy came to the door trying to sel Uverse, but the only way to
>>> > get it cheaper than the Cox bundle was for a lower Internet speed and
>>> > no HD TV channels.
>>> >
>>> > On 09/06/2011 11:27 PM, Brad Bendily wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> I'm pretty sure uverse has similar restrictions for data usage limits.
>>> >>
>>> >> http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB409045#fbid=q79OcqQzjtN
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Sep 6, 2011, at 10:31 PM, Chris Jones <techmaster@gmail.com
>>> >> <mailto:techmaster@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Wow, uverse is looking better and better each day... Half the price
>>> >>> I'm paying now for the same speed, and now this?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Ben Bullard
>>> >>> <<mailto:benbullard7@aol.com>benbullard7@aol.com
>>> >>> <mailto:benbullard7@aol.com>> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On 09/06/2011 03:50 PM, Ron Johnson wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Data metering. Yay!!!!!
>>> >>>
>>> >>> It's a feature! It's for your own good...
>>> >
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