How Competition Can Benefit You – Starting NOW
A small financial tip for these hard times: If you have cable TV service, AT&T is starting to compete in some areas. Not to say they are necessarily better, but the competition itself is indeed beneficial.
I just called my cable company, Time Warner, and told them that I was considering switching to AT&T cable and high speed Internet services. That prompted the sales clerk to suddenly note that I was under an "old" plan (established less than a year earlier), and that now there are better deals.
After a little more prodding, my monthly cable TV and Internet bill dropped 35%, I got a free boost in my Internet speed, and I got a free batch of movie and sports channels that normally cost extra.
Sure, a year from now they'll try to bump up my rate. But, assuming AT&T is still in business, a phone call will likely resolve that "miscalculation."
Ain't competition grand?
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