08-31-2013, 03:14 AM
Pinkoos, I think it's about what silvaros said, $60ish. The plan was/is called Blast and supposedly includes basic TV but when I said I don't WANT TV they delivered a modem with only Ethernet, which I later turned in and bought a Moto modem at Staples. I'm sure they still count me as a TV subscriber for the purposes of garnering more ad revenue or charging content providers more ... why else would the plan be more advantageous to me than strict Internet only? It's a game I'm guilty of playing a role in. It's like 20Mbps down but easily peaks at 30.
Comcast got me by canvassing the neighborhood with actual humans and offering the service at $40 for the first year. I'd been paying $50 for 1.5Mbps from AT&T (who can't be bothered to bring U-Verse to the neighborhood). But even at $60 Comcast's 20-30Mbps is the only game in this area. I cannot get DSL any faster than 1.5 from Ma Bell due to the old fiber lines in the neighborhood and Clear (which I'd tried) is a joke here despite being 1 mi. from the tower.
Comcast got me by canvassing the neighborhood with actual humans and offering the service at $40 for the first year. I'd been paying $50 for 1.5Mbps from AT&T (who can't be bothered to bring U-Verse to the neighborhood). But even at $60 Comcast's 20-30Mbps is the only game in this area. I cannot get DSL any faster than 1.5 from Ma Bell due to the old fiber lines in the neighborhood and Clear (which I'd tried) is a joke here despite being 1 mi. from the tower.