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   You know, I have that available to me right now...

   

   Bryan Price, Dec 26th, 2002 @ 1:53pm

   
   

   And I have absolutely no plans on getting telephone service via AT&T (Comcast) now or in the future. If your cable goes out, wiping out all three at the same time, how the hell are you going to call AT&T and tell them about it?
   
   Also, going with their service means a telephone number change, which means a telephone number that has been good for 11 years is going to change, just because we decide to change service.
   
   We have the cable TV and the broadband Internet. I've had issues with dead DNS servers, and other hardware going bad on the Internet side, and I've seen problems with the TV side. Usually not at the same time, which is a good thing.
   
   The other thing being, with the number of transformers that seem to be popping around here right now, loss of power would mean the loss of all three!

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   Re: You know, I have that available to me right no

   

   Mike H, Dec 26th, 2002 @ 3:55pm

   
   

   I have subscribed to all three through AT&T for over two years now (in NH). The phone service went out briefly for less than 24 hours about 2 months after I had made the switch. It hasn't gone out since.
   
   Also, I did *not* have to change my phone number, so I don't know where this came from (I only scanned the referenced article and didn't see anything there).
   
   I've been quite happy wiht the phone service.
   
   Now if they'd stop increasing the broadband rates...

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   Re: You know, I have that available to me right no

   

   Bryan Price, Dec 26th, 2002 @ 5:32pm

   
   

   Mike H wrote:
   Also, I did *not* have to change my phone number, so I don't know where this came from (I only scanned the referenced article and didn't see anything there).

   I wasn't referring to the article, I was referring to the mailing/propaganda that came directly from AT&T. You must have it better in NH than we have in FL. It's just warmer here. ;)

   About the rates.... The cable TV rates around here are just plain stupid. I moved here from Columbus 1.5 years ago (wife has been here for a lot longer), and we are paying twice the rate I was paying in Columbus for less channels. The bad thing about Columbus was that Internet (Road Runner) wasn't available to me until 6 months before I moved down here, I knew that time table, and they wanted a 12 month contract! Meanwhile, the Internet cost is the same as any other ISP and a second phone line, so go figure. :/

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   Cable, Phone, Internet Bundle

   

   Terrence N Thurber, Dec 26th, 2002 @ 5:53pm

   
   

   If I remember correctly, back about seven years ago, GTE offered the same service in Thousand Oaks, CA and the surrounding area. It was 5x the speed of 56k and you also got digital phone service and tv on the same line.

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   Re: You know, I have that available to me right no

   

   Travis, Dec 27th, 2002 @ 6:25am

   
   

   The is a 3rd party provider that gives a Cisco phone router that you can plug into your broadband (DSL or Cable) that gives you REAL phone service over your internet connection and will let you keep your current number and the price is a steal, unfortunetly I cannot recall their name/url right now.

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   Re: Re: You know, I have that available to me righ

   

   Alex, Jul 24th, 2006 @ 10:06am

   
   

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