Thanks for the tip, I'll look into it. Ya know, they don't even offer and "economy tier" when you call to ask for service -- maybe you have to ask for it explicitly. And if they only put in on the rate card, how is a new subscriber supposed to know it exists? You don't get a rate card until after you subscribe. Obviously they are trying to hide it. I'll look into it and let you know what I find out. On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Scott Dier <scott at dier.name> wrote: > You call them and ask for the economy tier, it should be on the rate card > you get every year (usually alongside the 'weve increased your prices mail') > > The website is worthless, they don't advertise half the options there. > > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Curtis Griesel <cwgriesel at gmail.com>wrote: > >> Do you know about some secret plan that is not advertised somewhere? >> >> Go to www.comcast.com, 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. >> >> 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. >> >> Curits >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Scott Dier <scott at dier.name> wrote: >> >>> Residential service is available for less than $60 a month without video, >>> there is a 1mbps/384k tier available. I believe its ~$25/mo. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Curtis Griesel <cwgriesel at gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Scott Dier <scott at dier.name> >>> >> >> > > > -- > Scott Dier <scott at dier.name> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20090210/172b3466/attachment-0001.htm