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alfreda89 ([personal profile] alfreda89) wrote2009-02-04 09:45 am
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I hate Time-Warner...

and AT&T, too. I have been to web sites (plural) to try and figure out the best plan for HS Internet and phone, but every time I talk to someone, the price goes up. I already have 88 stations cable included in my rent. T-W is supposed to count it as one pillar of a package before adding other things in. But DVR is 4x what I thought it is, and that brings it up to $124.99 with only Internet and wireless added. So...was going to do T-W for convenience of everything at one place, but AT&T's package of DSL, land line and cell for $99 plus tax looks better and better. Or -- I could get Internet, and just get a phone from my sister's circle and pay her $20 a month for phone and unlimited LD. And save for a Tivo.

Is there a definitive T-W site for Austin?
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[identity profile] lillian13.livejournal.com 2009-02-04 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
First of all, let me apologize for not helping with The Move. I was already hip-deep in taxes when I got your email, and I knew if I didn't get it done that weekend they wouldn't get done in any timely manner.

I was a TWC cable subscriber, and I hated them. I moved both cable and internet to AT&T as soon as I could. I've never had any outages/slowdowns with AT&T and their customer service reps have been nothing but helpful. My only complaint is that TiVo is not comaptible with U-verse, but the DVR you get from AT&T is quite good. I use the DSl Pro (not the highest speed), and it's perfectly adequate as to download speed, etc. You have to have a landline, though.

[identity profile] oliana0.livejournal.com 2009-02-04 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Wireless is free if you get your own router. ~ $40, one time payment. This is what I have and it works swimmingly. But, do you have more than one system or a laptop? If not you mway not need a wireless router.

It would probably be cheaper to increase your cell-phone plan and drop your land-line. All the cool kids are doing it. ;)

And most shows are available on-line now (anytime!), so skip the DVR for a little while.

[identity profile] cabin77.livejournal.com 2009-02-04 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
We are an anti-TW house, too. They are just too unreasonable to deal with. We have AT&T U-verse with cable, phone and HS internet in a bundle. I don't know what we pay or how we negotiated because Hubby did it all. And he did it during some sort of promotion so we got a pretty good deal. I'll check with him and I'll check our bills to see what we got. So sorry that you are having to do all of this!
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[identity profile] 6-penny.livejournal.com 2009-02-05 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Good luck with the move. Am sending soothing thoughts.