Comments on: Lower Cable Bill, More Services: My Story

By: Kathleen Lovett

Kathleen Lovett — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:49:42 +0000

A year ago I Comcast lured me away from Dish (it didn’t take much as the Dish was useless in the lightest rain). I had a bundled plan with Comcast with a lot of bells and whistles that included internet, TV and phone service. Monthly it ran about $125.

Recently the promo expired and I received a bill from Comcast for $198.00!! I am retired and live alone, so this was a ridiculous amount to be spending. I sought help in lowering the bill online. After explaining that I wanted to LOWER MY BILL even if it meant cutting services, the agent started to work with me.

In the end, I gave up most of the TV channels ( I watch very little) and went with Basic Cable.
I went from the highest speed connection, to the Performance connection. This will still allow me to stream video. Finally I gave up the unlimited long distance service on the phone as I can use my cell phone for these calls.

As a result of these changes my bill was lowered from $198 to $84 per month, a savings of
$114 per month or over $1200 per year. There is enough savings here for me to subscribe to Amazon Prime, so I won’t miss the channels I gave up.

Accomplishing this took over an hour of online discussion. Not bad for a 65 year old grandmother.

By: Wojo

Wojo — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:41:25 +0000

I’m seeing more and more of this. Comcast is staring their own demise in the face and calling its bluff–they’re going to have a rude awakening as the train starts to roll downhill fast.

By: Louaine

Louaine — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:35:40 +0000

I called today threated to quit nothing. My bill is $150 for cable and internet no premium channels. Called direct tv they are coming out on saturday. I wouldlike to keep my internet with Comcast and they still won’t lower there price $50.00 a month for 6mbps. They actually told me after 11 years that maybe I should look else where I called their bluff Good Bye Comcast.

By: Wojo

Wojo — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:14:27 +0000

Threatening to quit may help! Since so many people have been using this method, they might just be calling your bluff.

By: Buddy French

Buddy French — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:08:04 +0000

wow , I am paying 139 a month for a digital box , prefered digital and high speed internet. I chatted with them moments ago about adjusting my plan and they were not willing to help me. The rep just gave me a 1 800 number to call on Monday.I dont watch TV much, but I do have other people living here that watch it.

By: Wojciech Kulicki

Wojciech Kulicki — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 03:05:49 +0000

$2 a month for cable service? Interesting…we had basic cable and Internet and were paying almost $100. What kind of promotions were you able to take advantage of?

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:40:13 +0000

My wife and I dropped our premium channels and just have basic cable and internet service via Comcast. We’re saving $100 a month and not missing a thing. The kids can watch their favorite shows on PBS and Netflix and I can get ESPN on my Xbox 360.

We still have cable because we don’t want the hassle of making a OTA antenna work. Also for $2 more we have basic cable because it is bundled with our high speed internet. I can live with $24 a year instead of dealing with installing the antenna.

By: Wojciech Kulicki

Wojciech Kulicki — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:51:48 +0000

I don’t know about Dish, but Comcast is more than willing to shave the price if you are thinking of leaving. I believe a relative currently has Time Warner, and she was also able to strike a similar deal. It might just depend on how hard you push or what other companies in the area are offering!

By: Dana Wong

Dana Wong — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:47:42 +0000

I now use Time Warner for cable, internet and landline phone. We had Dish network before for 9 years, but had trouble receiving some stations due to interferance from tall structures in the area. We would also lose service during bad weather. All these companies are willing to run promotions to sign you up, but once you’re in they aren’t willing to give up concessions to keep you. I asked Dish network for a new remote after 8 years and they wanted to charge me $80! I went to WalMart and got a Universal remote for less than $15.

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