How much do you pay for cable/internet/home phone package? Feeling ripped off

[Anonymous]

We pay $215/month for cable/internet and home phone with COX. We have 2 DVRs, but other than that, nothing extra. No special channels, no nothing. We have the "slow" internet package. Our home phone doesn't have long distance (we use it for the alarm). This costs us $215 a month. That seems REALLY high to me - I feel like we're getting very little for our money. What do others pay?

[Anonymous]

We pay about $145 for fios. One dvr and we have had HBO free for a year (that will end soon). I actually don't think that's the slowest internet and the phone includes long distance, voice mail. Etc. i actually thought what we were paying was high... And wouldn't be surprised if this thread backs that up. Yours sounds way high.

[Anonymous]

Call them up and tell them you're going to cancel. Then expect them to offer something close to the "introductory" rates on their website. Repeat annually.

[Anonymous]

Was $120 a month. Ditched it all except fios at $60 a month and have netflix and amazon and Hulu now. Took getting used to, but don't think I'll ever go back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We pay about $145 for fios. One dvr and we have had HBO free for a year (that will end soon). I actually don't think that's the slowest internet and the phone includes long distance, voice mail. Etc. i actually thought what we were paying was high... And wouldn't be surprised if this thread backs that up. Yours sounds way high.

Is your rate going up at the end of the year, even if you drop HBO?

[Anonymous]

We just switched from Comcast to Fios. Comcast for all three was about 155. That included 2 DVrs. Now we have fios without land line. Supposedly the internet is faster. Still have 2 DVrs. Cost is about 175. We pay more now for faster internet but I miss our old cable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Call them up and tell them you're going to cancel. Then expect them to offer something close to the "introductory" rates on their website. Repeat annually.

We call them every month or two and try to get on another package. Nothing happens. They offer us short term movie channel packages for $3/month but that's about it. We always threaten to cancel and they don't seem to care.

[Anonymous]

RCN. Two dvrs, HBO, cable, Internet (high speed) but no phone. $125.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Call them up and tell them you're going to cancel. Then expect them to offer something close to the "introductory" rates on their website. Repeat annually.

We call them every month or two and try to get on another package. Nothing happens. They offer us short term movie channel packages for $3/month but that's about it. We always threaten to cancel and they don't seem to care.

If you threaten and never cancel, they know you are bluffing and have marked your account as such. You need to pull that trigger.

[Anonymous]

We pay $30/month for Comcast Internet 20mbps.

We have cord less phones, and between free streaming in Hulu etc WHY spend $100. I can many movies for free from library, and request them to be ready for pickup from my phone.

$200/month? That buys a decent vacation.

[Anonymous]

We just dropped about $600 and bought a top-of-the-line router, modem, three digital antennas (3 tv's). Then we discontinued our phone, cable, internet $198 package with Verizon (they were willing to drop the price down to $175 per month, with a 2-year contract. Suck it, Verizon!). We're going with high-speed internet only with Cox, 59 per month. 7.99 Netflix, will probably do Sling for 20. Can cancel any of these anytime, so that's a plus. Also paid 60 for one year's worth of phone service with Magic Jack, so that breaks down to an average of 5 per month for phone. Minus taxes, we're hoping to saving at least 100 per month, compared to what we were paying to Verizon.

[Anonymous]

OP -- that sounds high.

We have Fios cable/internet/phone. We have two HD/DVR boxes and two basic boxes (can watch tv, but can't watch the dvr'd shows). The HD part (DH wants it), costs $15/mo. extra for each box. That's where the costs add up. You start with the $99/mo "triple play" and then it adds up from there. We also have the free 12 mos. HBO, but never watch it, so we will cancel it in another month or two. We have higher speed internet -- but not quantum (which is the newest, fastest). Our phone covers all longdistance at any time.

We are paying roughly $159 or 169/mo.

Something seems high for you, OP. Check all those HD/DVR/extras.

[Anonymous]

We have coz and pay $150 for cable high speed internet and a phone line which we never use. Also we get HBO and have one DVR.

OP I think you can do better - shop around and switch.

[Anonymous]

I love Directv so I can't bear to bundle it with my phone/internet. So I pay $95/month for Directv with no premium channels and 3 DVR's, and I pay $125/month for Verizon FIOS internet and landline. Those numbers are actually offensive to me, but bundling would maybe save money for a year, and then I'd end up paying the same price for the Verizon DVR, which I find inferior to Directv.

[Anonymous]

$105/month for Fios, which includes landline, internet, and one HD DVR with the middle tier of channels. One TV has been enough with so much available online.