[ale] Broadband

[Jerry Z. Yu]

	AT&T charges me $40 a month for internet (with subscription to 
digital basic, ~ high $30). w/o the cable TV, it'd be $50 a month  (they 
did this for me by mistake once). This is, of course, you own the cable 
modem (it runs like $49 after new-account rebate). otherwise, add $7 - $10 
per month for the modem.

On Mon, 20 May 2002, Fulton Green wrote:

#Actually, most of my cable modem experience has been that getting broadband
#Internet service over cable WITHOUT getting the complementary broadband
#television service only adds $10-15 to your cable modem bill. MediaOne
#Express had that policy, but I don't know what AT&T does now. Charter also
#had that policy back when I had cable modem service (without cable
#television service) back in early 2000.
#
#'course, I wound up reducing expenses through a combination of getting a
#cheap cell phone plan, keeping my land-line and getting a $10/mo. dialup
#service. The total out of all that is around $80/mo. Your needs may vary.
#
#On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 06:57:38AM -0700, Kevin O'Neill Stoll wrote:
#> I'm trying to cut some cuts on my telecom expenses at home. 
#> 
#> Currently have Bell$outh DSL. With a land line and the dsl I end up
#> spending about $80 - 90 a month. I don't really need the land line because
#> I have a cell phone so I was wondering if anyone knows how I could get DSL
#> or cable without having to pay for a phone line or cable. I have heard of
#> non-telco DSL but I haven't had any luck finding providers that match this
#> definition. I also have heard about cable providers that offer cable
#> modems without the cable service but I don't know of any in the area.
#> 
#> Of course, if the extra cost associated with not having a phone line or
#> cable still ends up being 80-90 then it doesn't make a difference.
#
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Jerry Z. Yu					+1-404-487-8544 (O)
systems engineer				z.yu at voicecom.com
is support, voicecom, llc			www.voicecom.com


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