Waldron Digital's Tech Blog » time warner cable http://blog.waldrondigital.com Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:32:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Downsizing my Time Warner Bill http://blog.waldrondigital.com/2008/09/16/downsizing-my-time-warner-bill-wtf/ http://blog.waldrondigital.com/2008/09/16/downsizing-my-time-warner-bill-wtf/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:53:51 +0000 Mike Waldron http://www.waldrondigital.com/?p=27 In my recent effort to reduce expenses at the Waldron compound, I took it upon myself to call Time Warner to see if it was worth downgrading my services. I was contemplating changing my Road Runner service from Standard to Basic (-$10) and removing a secondary cable box in my bedroom (-$10).

What I have with TW Cable:

  • Living Room HD DVR box
  • Bedroom HD Cable box
  • HBO, Cinemax and HD NET
  • Road Runner Standard

After talking to the customer service rep, he took about 5 minutes dissecting my bill to see if I could save money with my current subscriptions. Turns out he was able to bundle the services for a year with a savings of $25/month. On top of that they gave me a free HD DVR to replace my bedroom box. Not bad for a 20 minute phone call.

Moral of the story: Call Time Warner at least every 6-12 months to make sure you aren’t getting screwed.

UPDATE: 10/2010:  I’ve moved to DISH network after TWC refused to cut our bills down.  We actually have more stuff for less with DISH and are quite happy.  Funny, because when I went to remove the TV services and give back the cable box in the local office, the nice lady discounted my cable-Internet at $30/yr for a year!

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