[KLUG Members] Charter internet

[Bob Machan]

On Tuesday, June 4, 2002, at 02:20 AM, Mike Nicholas wrote:

> You will also find the modem "rental" going up as well.  I believe Best 
> Buy
> has an RCA modem on sale for around 109$.  If you figure that the 
> payback is
> < 2 yrs (5$/mo rental), you will breakeven around 22 months; the modem 
> has a
> 3 yr warranty...so a purchase would be a wise move.
>
> Didn't they just crank up the rates about 6 months ago?
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: members-admin@kalamazoolinux.org
> [mailto:members-admin@kalamazoolinux.org]On Behalf Of Bob Machan
> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 8:48 PM
> To: members KLUG
> Subject: [KLUG Members] Charter internet
>
>
> Charter is going to start charging more for internet service.
> My bill could go from 34.95 to 52.95 for the 768k service.
> It wasn't clear whether my rate would be 42.95 or 52.95.
>
> That's a significant increase.  It's too bad there isn't
> competition!! Where I live Charter is the only choice.
>
> Bob
This will be my first increase in price and I bought the modem
when the service was installed.  Along with the price increase
I will get an increase in speed.  Here in the Sturgis area they
were selling a 512k service and they increased it to 768k. I can
see the difference in my download speeds.

Bob

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