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ATT Raises Prices for Cable Modem Owners

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-we-own-you dept.

MBCook writes: "It appears that AT&T broadband doesn't like it when customers own their own cable modem. According to this article at ZDNet, ATT will be 'changing' their prices for all users. If you own your own cable modem, your bill is going up $7. If you lease your cable modem, you end up paying the same ammount you were before. I guess AT&T likes to milk it's customers. If I don't have a long distance service with any phone company, I have to pay for the privilage of not depending on them. Now I'll have to pay for the privilage of not depending on AT&T for a modem?"

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  1. Re:Young Troll Seeks Alcohol Hookup by GafTheHorseInTears · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just walk in, grab a couple cases, and run out.

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  2. Re:You know nothing! or your one of the morons! by Hott+of+the+World · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Actually, My brother works for a local Cable-provider, and they make 10-13 dollars an hour.

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  3. Re:FUCKING SPELLING!!! by Carnivorous+Carrot · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Technically, he should have used "goddamned" instead of "goddamn". "Goddamn" is a noun, and he wants to use an adjective, which would be "goddamned".

    Of course, it should be two words, "god damned", and in our western culture, the G in god should be capitalized as it usually means the particular Christian god Yaweh who is going to be doing the damning at the behest of the invoking mortal.

    "God damned", as in "You God damned asshole!"

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  4. Re:You know nothing! or your one of the morons! by phunhippy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Actually, My brother works for a local Cable-provider, and they make 10-13 dollars an hour.

    If he works in level 1 tech support he is WAY overpaid!

  5. Re:A Global problem! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Eminem? What a fucking waste of bandwidth. I hope they put those caps back on quickly.

    No, the whole point is to spread it around so no one will buy the cd, therefore Eminem's record company won't buy sell any CDs, hurting Eminem a bit. ;)

  6. You fucking moron by Beatlebum · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "If you lease your cable modem, you end up paying the same ammount you were before. I guess AT&T likes to milk it's customers."

    Your grammar sucks balls. And IT'S "ITS" NOT "IT'S"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Treat yourself:

    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/157322625 4/ qid=1022679123/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/102-6572321-63665 33

  7. Uh, well.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    its amount not ammount, so...
    who's the fucking moron??

    thought so!