Hi everyone,
I'm sure there are many threads on this already but please excuse me for taking the shortcut of creating my own!
We have switched cell phone providers and husband and I now pay a total of $30 a month, so feeling good in that corner.
BUT we're still paying $49.95 a month for Internet. Now I'm sure lots of people will say that's pretty cheap, and maybe there's no better option, but I'm frustrated by it.
We live in Chicago, IL, and are currently with Comcast. When we started out, we were paying $30/month but it went up to the current price after a year.
The up-front costs of switching to AT&T make it seem like we just have to pay whatever Comcast say, and they're not budging on the $49.95/month.
Are there any other options I might be missing?
Also, and this really bugs me - Comcast keep sending us emails, phone calls and letters in the mail telling us that we "need" to upgrade our modem to get the most out of our service. I looked at the fine print and it turns out that the modem we have is fine for the speed we have...i.e. this is just a scam to get us to pay to upgrade to a modem that will deliver faster speeds than we're getting/paying for. It makes me so mad they phrase it to make it look (at first glance) like your current modem will actually stop working if you don't upgrade. Not true. Maybe I'll complain to BBB about it but I'm not sure if I can be bothered.