https://bex77.dreamwidth.org/ bex77 - Dreamwidth Studios Sat, 14 May 2011 13:47:13 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios bex77 personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/11238050/304881 https://bex77.dreamwidth.org/ 100 73 https://bex77.dreamwidth.org/132755.html Sat, 14 May 2011 13:47:13 GMT https://bex77.dreamwidth.org/132755.html I just took another step toward becoming an internet creature. I had a lovely conversation with the Comcast customer service rep. I cut my "cable" bill in half. Woot! <br /><br />I've been looking at all my bills to figure out how to make them lower. Last year, I ditched daily delivery of the Boston Globe. I realized recently that we don't watch cable TV anymore. I haven't turned the TV on since August. I don't keep up with series TV anymore, except for NCIS, and I can watch that online. So I took a hard look at the Comcast bill. $163. Yuck. More than half of that is for TV. I checked the channel line-ups and decided basic service is all I need. Probably more than I need. But it's only $7.50/mo. So that lowers the bill to $80 (mostly internet, DVR and taxes). I may ditch more next month when I see how that shakes out. <br /><br />I've been meaning to call Comcast for awhile. You can do lots of transactions online, but not downgrading your service. You have to talk to a person for that. And I always think of calling in the evening. After the people have gone home. Yes, they talk about 24/hr phone service, but that's just the automated line. No one is there after 7 pm. <br /><br />But I got another huge bill yesterday, so I was determined to wake up this morning and call and I did! Yay!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bex77&ditemid=132755" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://bex77.dreamwidth.org/132755.html tv accomplished public 0