XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: 12345@12345.com   
      
   Joe Beanfish wrote:   
   > 123456789 wrote:   
      
   >> Here I can cancel my Cox cable phone and still keep my   
   >> Internet and TV. They can be subscribed to separately,   
   >>  though I would lose my bundle pricing.   
      
   > Having a service doesn't mean you have to use it. If the   
   > bundle price is cheaper, get that and just don't plug a   
   > phone in.   
      
   Cox would be nuts to do it that way and of course they   
   don't. Though the bundle price is cheaper than the three   
   services (TV, Internet, and phone) standard prices added, it   
   is not cheaper than any two of the services standard prices   
   added. So I will save some money by cancelling the phone   
   even though the other two will go up in price.   
      
   Cox's price is fluid. Every year I call and threaten to quit   
   and (so far) I have gotten a $30 to $50 discount off the   
   listed bundle price for another year. I suppose it is like   
   buying a new car. Only fools pay the listed price. I do have   
   competition here (CenturyLink twisted pair + satellite) so   
   my threat is real. But CenturyLinks's DSL is very sloooow so it   
   is mostly just a threat...   
      
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