I had 7/5 here in Seattle, until I made the mistake of trusting the CL sales turkeys. I ended up with 20Mb down, but 896Kb up. The sales turkey flat-out lied to me, but they wouldn't revert me - something about my former plan being an "out of date" class of service.
On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 12:25 PM, j...@cimmeri.com <j...@cimmeri.com> wrote: > > > On 1/1/2016 2:52 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote: > >> On 01/01/2016 11:24 AM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote: >> >> Oh, don't feel too bad. I've only got 3.0/1.0 via Comcast cable on >>> this semi rural small mountain I live on. But, I'm happy with it >>> given my bill is $59 / month with basic TV service (that I don't >>> use). >>> >> >> >> Now you've done it. For my phone and internet bundle, I pay >> $83/month--and that's with a $15 "lifetime" package discount from 2005 >> tossed in. >> >> I was amazed that were I to change to the lowest tier of POTS service and >> add "Caller ID" ($10/month) and lowest level DSL, my bill would be roughly >> the same after taxes. I'm amazed that "caller ID" costs CL anything, but >> it's one of the highest-priced add-ons. BTW, I'm also paying $2/month for >> long-distance service to Mexico, even though I've never called nor received >> a call from there. >> >> Sigh. >> Chuck >> > > Well, once you add in my $39 Vonage VOIP unlimited local & long distance > telephone, now I'm at $98 for phone+internet+cable... so you're making out > better than I am (unless you watch TV and are paying for that also). > > - J. > > > > > -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org> Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org> University of Washington There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."
