Charter raises the prices of Spectrum internet plans by $5 | BGR
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My $50/mo 300Mbps Comcast plan just expired & they wouldnāt renew it so the only deal I could get was $65/mo 1G for a yearā¦so I guess Iām doinā better than the Spectrum folks. Bad thing is my modem is only capable of 800Mbpsā¦close enough thoā¦300Mbps was plenty for my needs anyway.
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I had Concrap for like ever! Where I moved, Concrap is not available, but Spectrum is. So, I got Spectrumās 500mbps plan. So far it is working great! No real issues to speak of. Also, Spectrum gives their modem/router out for free. Whereas Concrap charges rent for one.
The major difference is my monthly service bill has been cut almost in half! I was paying Concrap about $185 a month for 1gig, unlimited, internet and phone. Now I pay about $105 for basically the same thing!
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Roger thatā¦Iām not that familiar with Spectrum, as I was out of the biz when Charter was launching themā¦Iāve sure heard their name mentioned on this board a lot, so I guess theyāre āblossomingā. I like the equipment being included in the service priceā¦my biggest complaint with certain cable companies were the āhiddenā costs/taxesā¦most of the time that equates to a pretty hefty monthly āsurchargeā! At least there is more competition out there these daysā¦so we are getting more ābargainingā choicesā¦& thatās a good thang 
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My wife and I just moved and got the Spectrum bundle plan with the mobile phone line we donāt use because of the price. The internet companies are just slowly going to keep raising prices. They have to make up the monies they are losing from everyone cord cutting. Seems like every time the common folk find a way to save money, the establishment finds a way to get it back. Sometimes I feel like society as a whole canāt win for losing.
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Itās capitalismā¦& competition is the keyā¦fiber infrastructure has been on the move for yearsā¦companies like T-Mobile with their 5G home networks & Elon with his Starlink. The more choices we have, the more ādealsā weāll get & traditional cable companies will have to reevaluate their pricing modelsā¦IMO. 
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Screw Spectrum! When I dropped my Cable they were the only game in town for a while and I was paying like $70/month for a shitty 100MB connection. Well then AT&T Fiber swooped in and now Iām paying $55/month for 300MB (I get closer to 400MB) which is more than enough for me
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With the new deal I pretty much had to getā¦Iām over double my previous 300-350Mbps speedā¦& ya know whatā¦I donāt see one bit of differenceā¦like you, 300 was plenty. IMOā¦speed is relativeā¦cause youāre always at the mercy of the servers youāre connecting with. AT&T buried some fiber near meā¦but my dead end street doesnāt have enough homes for them to lay any fiber down itā¦cāest la vie 
Anyone who canāt afford your isp the government has a national discount program for phone and isp service I receive a $30 discount every month on my bill itās affordable connectivity program
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S***** 100 megabytes per second?. All I can get is AT&Tās 50 megabytes per second to u-verse. And thatās 40 a month.
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Att sucks if youāre not in their fiber locations
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My Spectrum internet is very dependable and good quality. I have 400Mbps, but really wish fiber optic internet was available at my address. My current service is too much money, but i dont have a lot of choices, none that are any betterā¦at least yet.
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The only fiber Iāll see my area is in the cereal box.
I see you Americans moaning over what you pay for internet, for cell phone data & i laugh. You are LUCKY you donāt live in Canada & are at the mercy of the monopolies who you have to fight yearly for a pittance of some sort of reasonable price for your services. Honest to God, last year, i spent over 8 hrs. total before i finally got a decent price for 1 Gig unlimited internet - $62.12 taxes in for 1 year, modem included. It ONLY took me 40 YEARS to get a break from a company iād given my loyalty to for all those years. This year i pay more for same internet package + a streaming box that i have no need for (already have Shield Pro & BuzzTV x5 boxes) I jumped on the $10 increase in price over last year just so iād miss the yearly āsong & danceā begging for a deal!
I pay $45/mo. for cell phone service that includes Canada wide calling, international texting & 20 GB data. I just missed out on getting it for $35 from a subsidiary of the big 3 telcos up here (Rogers, Bell, Telus) Just as i was signing up, the sales rep pulled up an email from the co. that the deal had expired the day before. DANG!
But, bet you get better deals below the 49th parallel!
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Hey tell us how you really feel!
You are in Canada we are in America so we can b**** about it and that it is what it is.
Youāre absolutely right about Americans and thereās a national government discount on all ISP and phone bills they can apply for
All you Canadians all you have to do is go down to Mexico cross the border into america, you get a free phone, free internet, and free Social Security benefits up to $2,500 a month, and all the other government benefits that Americans are paying their taxes for. Had to cut the list down to stay within topic.
Really? Iāve been crossing the border into the US for over 50 years. How come I never heard about this? $2500 American is like $3250 CDN. Do I have to get a green card?