Cable Company Contracts

@blindjim ...exactly what I told them, I will not be part of this hostage situation. I do not need these pressure tactics, hit the road. That’s when my wife intervened, at that point I shook my head and let her make the decision to what she wanted with one exception, my internet speed stayed in place.

I’ve been a verizon customer since they layed the glass out front, yes, for a very long time. Frontier took over and the billing tactics and service went downhill.
I had to close my existing account before they would negotiate a new one...lmbo @ today’s customer service and their tactics. Anyways, ended up with all new gear and a 200MB internet service opposed to the 50 I had. The bundle was supposed to be 100MB but they upped it as complimentary. LOL...we’ll see when the bill comes in, and if they honor that 2 year price guarantee.
I will say that since the new boxes, router, and set top box the TV picture is much better. Haven’t had time to download/upload anything yet, so I cannot comment there. Speedtest shows 200/200 but we all know the download is dependent upon the source uploading. Personally, I think 200 is overkill...*laffs

We just passed the one year mark in our new home and I see that my cost for bundling our cable needs have just gone up. I have come to the conclusion that cable companies offer you a temporary, discounted rate to start, hoping that you will set it up to be paid directly by the bank or to a credit card. In that case, they’re hoping you won’t notice the increase or will just chalk it up to inflation. Very clever!

I told the cable folks to eat my dust years ago. Went without  when they decided to up the price from $49 to $79. Used my smartphone data.  Then magically the cable company said 'just for you' $14.95 internet. (after three year of ignoring their offers) hey why not. At least until they jack up the price, when I again give them the boot.

I just had my TIVO Dreamsystem upgraded to a 4k unit with all the accompanying mini boxes and new remotes.  Having a "small" cable company has its advantages as they sent an installer who is contracted by them who spent two hours here getting everything set up properly for an installation charge of $54.95. Not bad for all of the time and work he did here.  No new charges for the hardware upgrades!  Works well...like a "dream".

I have found that if you threaten to cancel tv service (I've done this with catv and directv in the past) they will generally give you a discount. My go to line is something like "let me get this straight; you'd rather receive zero than "X" amount?" I have internet now for $14.99 a month, like elizabeth. But I think it's just because I'm a "senior citizen." In general, if you're firm with them you can usually get your way. After all, the infrastructure is already there so the installer only has to connect a couple of wires to establish service.