So I am Golden Valley, monopolized by Comcast and I don't do cable TV or digital Telco. DSL would be very slow as I am on fringes of the longest loop with bad wire pairs so DSL is out of the picture. I currently pay: Monthly charges: Modem Rental.............................. 3.00 High Speed Internet Svc............... 57.95 Subtotal........................................ 60.95 Taxes & Fees Sales Tax...................................... .20 Monthly Balence Due.................... 61.15 Any recomendations on how to lower that cost. S. Earl Jarosh (ex. Steve?) N0HZ (ex. KA0VYB) No Hertz, No Gain earl at jarosh.org 6128681313 at mobile.att.net searljarosh at moneycenters.com www.moneycenters.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Warner" <andyw at pobox.com> To: <tcwug-list at tcwug.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:29 AM Subject: Re: [tcwug-list] Re: Fwd: Defend Community Internet > Ben Kochie wrote: > > thanks for the correction.. can you post the service line items? It's > > always interesting to see what they tack on. Do you rent or own the > > modem? (that used to be a $10/month item, now it's less) > > Road Runner Residential Service................................. 44.95 > Your Package Price........................................... 44.95 > Total Monthly Service............................................44.95 > > Total Due........................................................44.95 > > I don't remember RR ever charging for the modem, I know Comcast > did (or did the inverse - gave a discount for not having to provide > one.) A few years ago, RR botched a firmware upload to the 3Com > modems in my area, and they replaced it with a Toshiba without > so much as a peep. >