Step off, Glenn. I should have been more clear about my beef with the cable company. They are the worst for customer service, and they raise their rates whenever they damn well please. There is no other cable company to compete with them, and they own this town.
There is no DSL available in my neighborhood, and for TV, a dish is out of the question because of line-of-sight issues. I hate writing them a check because they are the only game in town for me, and I wish I had some free market choice in the matter.
Just how much do you think high speed Internet service should cost? Or should it be free like the roads you drive on?
That's a little over the top, don't you think? What is the point of making these indindiary remarks? Yeah, everything should be free. That's what I said in my post. Uh huh.
How often do you need their customer service? How often have they raised their rates? By how much? I use their service, by the way. My first high speed connection was ISDN. $175/month for 128k access through Alltel. You're getting a bargain. Perhaps you'll be happier when it has the name of Charter on the bill.