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> Just a quick question: > You have mentioned that you are paying only about $35/month? > Aside from their 3 months promotions rate of $20/month, their cheapest > service currently costs $50/month. What kind of service are you > getting which costs $35/month. I achieved this price with two 1) I purchased my cable modem instead of renting it. This incurred a onetime cost of $199 to purchase the Motorola SurfBoard modem at CircuitCity. This reduces the price of my monthly bill from $49.95 to $39.95 (the rental fee is $10/month). 2) I also have AT&T Digital cable television. This gives me a $5 discount on my internet service, taking the price from $39.95 to $34.95. This is how I am paying $34.95/month for internet. Of course, I am also paying for my cable tv, cable box, and remote... but for the internet itself I am paying $34.95. The only thing about this deal is that economically, buying the cable modem is roughly the same as paying the $10 rental fee for 20 months of service. So it really won't start paying for itself until after the first 20 months of ownership. Since the cable modem is DOCSIS-compatible, if I move somewhere else, it ought to work as long as the cable provider uses DOCSIS. Hope this helps, Peter
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