I just got off the phone with someone from Time Warner, my ISP (and cable TV provider, though I don't watch TV). My Internet service was part of one of their "bundles" which end up costing less on the whole, than if I were to have an Internet-only service. Ridiculous. Now it's jumped up to over $70/month, and I'm considering returning to DSL with AT&T, even though that itself is fraught with problems and frustrations. Is there no ISP that ONLY handles Internet service without having to connect it to either the telephone (like AT&T) or cable TV (like Time Warner, Cox, etc.).
I just looked online, and saw that, while NONE of the telephone representatives mentioned it, Time Warner DOES offer Internet-only service for $15/mo.! Yes, I am pissed at having wasted hundreds of dollars on the fucking "bundle" that's really what the agents told me were the best price available! What complete and utter assholes! I understand they're trained to be useless and to minimize the information they provide to customers, but this is really asking these poor idiots to be EVIL!
I'll be phoning Time Warner to change my plan to minimize it completely, and to have one of their techs come and rip out the useless (and unused) cable television cables and such...
I'm relieved, now, that I have the time tomorrow morning to phone (they open at either 8 or 9, so I'll try first at 8, then at 9 if they're not open yet). At least I can look forward to, NOT SAVING, but rather NOT WASTING money every month on services that I never use!
However this turns out, I'll write an epilogue to this entry to warn other people about Time Warner, at least...
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