Perhaps I was hasty about renewing here....

[alfreda89]

Sorry for disappearing -- relapsed. Unamusing.

I was told when I moved in here that 75% of the complex had Time-Warner, and 25% had DSL. Now ATT tells me the address is not in their machine and does not exist. The complex assures me that we exist, and gave me a couple more permutations of the address to bounce off AT&T. The call center was so noisy I could scarcely hear the guy, so I think I will try the customer service line tomorrow and see what they have.

I want to dump all the T-W land line and cable (except the $40 I am trapped with here and cannot convert to High-Speed Internet) and get just high-speed Internet as cheaply as I can. I hoped to have a bargaining position with T-W, but it looks like I won't -- except the old stand-by "I will dump you the minute your competitor hits my area" card. If AT&T can offer HSI for $19.99 if you have any other service, then so should T-W be able to do the same thing.

Going to the library and uploading things would NOT amuse me.

Comments

[mongo42.livejournal.com]

Have you considered Clear Wireless? They're not ideal either, but they're most likely available in your area as well.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Clear is pretty expensive for just the one item, and it's slow Internet, their fast one-item is not as fast as I have -- plus, I'm down in a valley. I can't use my cell phone except on the porch (everyone will be reaching me by Skype when it's cold!) so I don't know if Clear will work for me. But it remains a back-up, if T-W is even more to just keep Internet.

I will probably wait on my decision until after Friday, but I have to economize somewhere to cover the cat meds, and this is the logical place. I'd dump all of cable if I could. But that involved moving, and I'm not strong enough for that.