Time Warner did it again

[Novel8]

They just raised my monthly bill about $40...to $136. Now, I do not have any premium channels, but I do have the internet, which is about $47 of that figure. I am sick and tired of having to 'argue' about these increases that they want to shove down one's throat, and in my case every 6 months. They always tell me that I was being charged for a special promotion that they offered. I am stuck with the internet, but I am sure, if i cancel my TV cable, they would start doing the same thing to my internet. heaven help us subscribers if the Comcast/TW deal goes through...remember the TW/AOL mess? At this rate, if nothing gets done, that 136 will eventually go higher and higher...when does this stop? I live in NYC, so I have no problem with my local channels with an OTA, and probably get better reception at that...but for the 2 or 3 cable channels that I will miss makes it hard to keep this up. We all have our limitations on certain products...food, car, phone, vacations and etc...

[John McWilliams]

Post by Novel8
They just raised my monthly bill about $40...to $136. Now, I do not have any premium channels, but I do have the internet, which is about $47 of that figure. I am sick and tired of having to 'argue' about these increases that they want to shove down one's throat, and in my case every 6 months. They always tell me that I was being charged for a special promotion that they offered. I am stuck with the internet, but I am sure, if i cancel my TV cable, they would start doing the same thing to my internet. heaven help us subscribers if the Comcast/TW deal goes through...remember the TW/AOL mess? At this rate, if nothing gets done, that 136 will eventually go higher and higher...when does this stop? I live in NYC, so I have no problem with my local channels with an OTA, and probably get better reception at that...but for the 2 or 3 cable channels that I will miss makes it hard to keep this up. We all have our limitations on certain products...food, car, phone, vacations and etc...

Just get DIRECTV® T-W sucks even if they were way cheaper than sat. TV
it'd be worth the change.

[Wes Newell]

Post by Novel8
They just raised my monthly bill about $40...to $136. Now, I do not have
any premium channels, but I do have the internet, which is about $47 of
that figure. I am sick and tired of having to 'argue' about these
increases that they want to shove down one's throat, and in my case
every 6 months.

That's nothing new. When my contract for internet only expired. They
notified me of an increase too. So I called then and told them I just
wanted the basic internet for $14.95. They tried to talk me out of it for
several minutes, and then told me I could keep the same rate if I wanted
to keep the same speed I had. I agreed, and that was that. Surprisingly
though my speed has actually gone up from 16/1 mbps to 58/6 mbps for the
same $36 a month. I'll probably have to go through the same thing this
march when my contract is up again. I hate these stupid games they play,
but they all do it. At least TWC notified me first, Verizon just went up
automatically, and then screwed me over when I canceled their service.
They actually screwed themselves since I'll never use another Verizon
service as long as I live.

[Novel8]

Post by Wes Newell

Post by Novel8
They just raised my monthly bill about $40...to $136. Now, I do not have
any premium channels, but I do have the internet, which is about $47 of
that figure. I am sick and tired of having to 'argue' about these
increases that they want to shove down one's throat, and in my case
every 6 months.

That's nothing new. When my contract for internet only expired. They
notified me of an increase too. So I called then and told them I just
wanted the basic internet for $14.95. They tried to talk me out of it for
several minutes, and then told me I could keep the same rate if I wanted
to keep the same speed I had. I agreed, and that was that. Surprisingly
though my speed has actually gone up from 16/1 mbps to 58/6 mbps for the
same $36 a month. I'll probably have to go through the same thing this
march when my contract is up again. I hate these stupid games they play,
but they all do it. At least TWC notified me first, Verizon just went up
automatically, and then screwed me over when I canceled their service.
They actually screwed themselves since I'll never use another Verizon
service as long as I live.

Its a monopoly in my area...some say get Fios, but they are more expensive and they do the same thing as TW. I just saw an ad from TW that says for $89 get their internet, cable and phone. I don't even have their phone and asked to pay $136. It seems the longer you stay as a subscriber the more you pay and the less you get...where is the logic? I need them at least for the internet, but again its them or Verizon. I had Verizon and had lots of problems with their internet. Their tech told me that I was too close to their transmitter base and that is why I was having problems.

[Elmo P. Shagnasty]

Post by Novel8
but for the 2 or 3 cable channels that I will miss makes it hard to keep this
up.

trust me, you won't miss them.

I recognize that I would like to see Mythbusters again, but I honestly
don't miss it.

[Ant]

Post by Novel8
They just raised my monthly bill about $40...to $136. Now, I do not have any premium channels, but I do have the internet, which is about $47 of that figure. I am sick and tired of having to 'argue' about these increases that they want to shove down one's throat, and in my case every 6 months. They always tell me that I was being charged for a special promotion that they offered. I am stuck with the internet, but I am sure, if i cancel my TV cable, they would start doing the same thing to my internet. heaven help us subscribers if the Comcast/TW deal goes through...remember the TW/AOL mess? At this rate, if nothing gets done, that 136 will eventually go higher and higher...when does this stop? I live in NYC, so I have no problem with my local channels with an OTA, and probably get better reception at that...but for the 2 or 3 cable channels that I will miss makes it hard to keep this up. We all have our limitations on certain products...food, car, phone, vacations and etc...

Yep, it will keep going up. ~$200 for the triple bundle package in my
rural area. I wish I could get all OTA channels and another affordable
fast ISP. :(
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"Novel8" <***@aol.com> wrote in message news:62edd526-c00c-4f57-ac14-***@googlegroups.com...
They just raised my monthly bill about $40...to $136. Now, I do not have any
premium channels, but I do have the internet, which is about $47 of that
figure. I am sick and tired of having to 'argue' about these increases that
they want to shove down one's throat, and in my case every 6 months. They
always tell me that I was being charged for a special promotion that they
offered. I am stuck with the internet, but I am sure, if i cancel my TV
cable, they would start doing the same thing to my internet. heaven help us
subscribers if the Comcast/TW deal goes through...remember the TW/AOL mess?
At this rate, if nothing gets done, that 136 will eventually go higher and
higher...when does this stop? I live in NYC, so I have no problem with my
local channels with an OTA, and probably get better reception at that...but
for the 2 or 3 cable channels that I will miss makes it hard to keep this
up. We all have our limitations on certain products...food, car, phone,
vacations and etc...
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Get a Roku and cancel cable and use Internet (or a Raspberry Pi box).



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[Novel8]

Post by Novel8
They just raised my monthly bill about $40...to $136. Now, I do not have any
premium channels, but I do have the internet, which is about $47 of that
figure. I am sick and tired of having to 'argue' about these increases that
they want to shove down one's throat, and in my case every 6 months. They
always tell me that I was being charged for a special promotion that they
offered. I am stuck with the internet, but I am sure, if i cancel my TV
cable, they would start doing the same thing to my internet. heaven help us
subscribers if the Comcast/TW deal goes through...remember the TW/AOL mess?
At this rate, if nothing gets done, that 136 will eventually go higher and
higher...when does this stop? I live in NYC, so I have no problem with my
local channels with an OTA, and probably get better reception at that...but
for the 2 or 3 cable channels that I will miss makes it hard to keep this
up. We all have our limitations on certain products...food, car, phone,
vacations and etc...
----------------
Get a Roku and cancel cable and use Internet (or a Raspberry Pi box).
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I have a chromecast given to me for christmas...would that do ? I know nothing about what I can do with this gadget..also, what is a Raspberry Pi box?

[Stewart]

Post by Novel8

Post by Novel8
They just raised my monthly bill about $40...to $136. Now, I do not have any
premium channels, but I do have the internet, which is about $47 of that
figure. I am sick and tired of having to 'argue' about these increases that
they want to shove down one's throat, and in my case every 6 months. They
always tell me that I was being charged for a special promotion that they
offered. I am stuck with the internet, but I am sure, if i cancel my TV
cable, they would start doing the same thing to my internet. heaven help us
subscribers if the Comcast/TW deal goes through...remember the TW/AOL mess?
At this rate, if nothing gets done, that 136 will eventually go higher and
higher...when does this stop? I live in NYC, so I have no problem with my
local channels with an OTA, and probably get better reception at that...but
for the 2 or 3 cable channels that I will miss makes it hard to keep this
up. We all have our limitations on certain products...food, car, phone,
vacations and etc...
----------------
Get a Roku and cancel cable and use Internet (or a Raspberry Pi box).
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I have a chromecast given to me for christmas...would that do ? I know
nothing about what I can do with this gadget..also, what is a Raspberry Pi
box?

Sorry, haven't reviewed posts in awhile. If you haven't already found it

https://www.adafruit.com/category/105?gclid=CPuEud7amMsCFQpbhgodpiAB2w

Kodi (one of the available streaming apps for the Pi) installation info

http://kodi.wiki/view/Raspberry_Pi



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[Ron]

Post by Novel8
They just raised my monthly bill about $40...to $136. Now, I do not
have any premium channels, but I do have the internet, which is about
$47 of that figure. I am sick and tired of having to 'argue' about
these increases that they want to shove down one's throat, and in my
case every 6 months. They always tell me that I was being charged for
a special promotion that they offered. I am stuck with the internet,
but I am sure, if i cancel my TV cable, they would start doing the
same thing to my internet. heaven help us subscribers if the
Comcast/TW deal goes through...remember the TW/AOL mess? At this
rate, if nothing gets done, that 136 will eventually go higher and
higher...when does this stop? I live in NYC, so I have no problem
with my local channels with an OTA, and probably get better reception
at that...but for the 2 or 3 cable channels that I will miss makes it
hard to keep this up. We all have our limitations on certain
products...food, car, phone, vacations and etc...

That's because it is a promotion. I have Brighthouse and get on a new
promotion every year. My mom has Comcast/Xfinity and I do the same for
her. The last time I called Xfinity (about a year ago) they put her on a
2 year promo. It's a game I'm willing to play to keep my bill down.