re: For those that have COX.....

Thanks man, I'll look around.

Yep did that last month. When you tell them you are cancelling they transfer you to "The Loyalty Team" where you deal with them on lowering your bill. I did a 1 year contract. I'll decide if I'm going to stay with them then

People still have landline phones?

I have UVerse Internet for 56 a month (I think) and DTV for about 115 a month (again, I think). My DTV is a decent package, although I don't have any extras (no premium channels, no sports tier).

DTV contract is up this fall.

What I wish would happen would be that ESPN would offer WatchESPN without a TV package. I would gladly pay ESPN directly 10-15 bucks a month for WatchESPN access, dump DTV, and get a faster internet pipe.

My viewing consists of sports (either on the networks or ESPN), and shows that can be streamed online.

Yeah I have phone, it's the bundled package.

Call them up and see why you've had such a big increase (I've had a few mysterious items added to my bill in the past that I know I didn't sign up for). I called and removed them.

They may have increased your bill to help pay for the 4 billion commercials they run each week.

The will drop with contract agreement. last year agreed to 2 yr term....2 boxes, whole home DVR, HBO/starz/encore etc package, phone and medium grade internet for 182. No sports package though.

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Probably going uverse

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Made the switch and will never go back to Cox. They've been screwing people for years in baton rouge.

They'll probably knock off about 35$ for a year. It's not something you have to honor you can still back out at any time.. it's just locked in from their end.

It sucks how all the new customers get the awesome promotions while loyal customers don't get anywhere near the same.. but I understand how the business works.

Do you absolutely have to have the phone? They'll keep telling you how you are already saving all this money by having the triple bundle, but it's not really true.

Also if you speak to the right person they can get your contour installed for free since you aren't happy. I had dvr, but the old crap and they usually charge a fee to install.. but the guy gave me it for free when I complained about leaving.. what he had to do was credit me the installation fee to my account.. then charge it.. so I never got charged for it.

cox advanced tv (the largest one) + internet preferred (25mb down) is $157.98 without any boxes. add in a whole home dvr box and the rental fee of the modem (unless u already have one) the total is $178.47 and if you want a digital box for any other room it would $8.50 per box..

now like i said on top of that they should be able to give you a $35 off for 1 year promotion. so with just one dvr box and all that you are looking at around $143 + 8.50 for however many additional boxes you want.

i just went through exactly what you are going through and i get your frustration...

people keep bragging about direct tv and dish aren't taking into consideration that you are also paying for your internet and phone.. and also i am sure the more boxes you have with them the more your price will go up as well.. so say they are paying $100 a month for their tv services.. they still may be paying around $50 for their internet.. all i know is att uverse internet is not nearly as nice and cost more.

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Yep did that last month. When you tell them you are cancelling they transfer you to "The Loyalty Team" where you deal with them on lowering your bill. I did a 1 year contract. I'll decide if I'm going to stay with them then

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I say this from experience... be on top of it and beware of the fine print that says they have the option of automatic renewal.