[CLUE-Tech] [OT] What are my broadband options?

[Evan Widger]

from what i remember selling comcast services at Gateway in Grand 
Rapids, the cost of broadband @1.5mbps if you already have some form of 
cable tv ~ 43./month + modem rental (or not, most gateway deals with 
them centered around free modem, or free modem after rebate) and the 
cost for people that did not want cable television, just broadband ~ $58

the explination our comcast rep gave me is that if the cable's running 
to your house with a signal, they can't prevent you from getting the 
most basic channels and if you were to breake it down, the 58 bucks is 
the cost of broadband + their cheapest video package. too bad there's no 
filters they can install (sorta like the audio filters for DSL lines) to 
block cable signal and leave data on.

-Evan

Randy Arabie wrote:
> On Wednesday, 30 July 2003 at 15:25:30 -0600, Casagrande, Steve <Steve.Casagrande at echostar.com> wrote:
> 
>>Are there any wireless options that far south of DTC?  Any other wired
>>(CATV) services besides Comcast?
>>
> 
> 
> AFAIK, you can buy Comcast broadband internet access, but
> not CATV.  At least you could when it was AT&T Broadband...I
> did.  I had broadband internet access delivered over their
> CATV cable, but I did no purchase CATV service, just the
> internet access.