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Article #5714Re: Alternatives to Comcast?
From: Bob Ward
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 02:32
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 02:32
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On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 19:00:33 -0700, Jack Bauer <jb@nowhere.com> wrote: >If you are in Alameda there is Alameda Power & Telecom. I know the >rates used to be fairly competitive. > How does that work, exactly? You can't exactly choose your wired cable company, can you? >avoidspam@invalid.com wrote: >> On Thu, 27 May 2004 02:51:15 GMT, Hugo <victorhugo@miserable.com> >> wrote: >>>"Rick" <me@privacy.net> wrote in news:2hcnqdFbj686U1@uni-berlin.de: >>> >>>>Just got notification that Comcast is "improving" their service on >>>>6/2/04. The net effect of this "improvement" is, if we want to get >>>>the same basic channels we do now, our monthly bill will increase >>>>from $15/month to $42/month. >>>> >>>>So are there any inexpensive alternatives to Comcast in the SF >>>>Bay Area? We've already looked into DirecTV and Voom, both >>>>are between $40 and $50/month. >>>> >>>>Thanks, >>>>Rick >>>> >>> > >> >> The evening news last night reported they were entering the VoIP >> market during the next year - another piece of the pie!
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