Our contract was ending so DH just called and said we'd switch to Comcast if they raised the rate significantly. They give us a new discounted rate that is just $5 more than the old. Our new bill is $140 with phone, Internet and tv (no premium channels), boxes, router, DVR and taxes.

MikeL wrote:I just ended a 2 year promotional plan. They wanted to jack it up a bunch, but I talked to CS and it ended up going up ~$15 a month, so I kept it.
The internet FIOS is so much better and more reliable than Comcast, it is well worth it.

Hopefully that works for you. They told us the same thing, but when the bill came it was much more. They could only fix it with constantly expiring credits until I got fed up.

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Anonymous wrote:For verizon, switch the phone number to magic jack or a viop. Then every two years cancel and switch the contract to spouses name - so we rotate every two years for cable and internet between it in my name and my husbands. Just did it and it went fine. Wish I did it sooner. You cannot keep your phone number if you do this which is why you pull the phone off.

What about your email adresses? Do you just not use Verizon's?

We have our own domain and do not use theirs. My husband may but I don't know what he does. You would probably lose them too.

Thanks for answering unlike the rude PP. Of course I also use gmail, but we've had Verizon for years before fios and have lots of accounts where I would just need to change the email associated with them. As I type it out, it doesn't seem like a big deal, but you know like the phone number it's just one of those things you have to think about changing.

I'm not thrilled about google and privacy, so I like your suggestion about using our own domain. We have one of those, but I haven't used it for an email address.

I just ended a 2 year promotional plan. They wanted to jack it up a bunch, but I talked to CS and it ended up going up ~$15 a month, so I kept it.
The internet FIOS is so much better and more reliable than Comcast, it is well worth it.