Faster internet coming right up!
Back on July 3rd, I posted about the deal I got with Verizon for their Fios internet because of the 2 and a half years of being told that it wasn't available in my area, yet there was a Fios box attached to the back of my side of the duplex.
Well, Mel called me back again today to tell me that the installation tech will be here on Tuesday the 21st between noon and 2pm, to install the Fios internet for just $24.99 per month for an entire year.
I asked Mel like 3 times to make sure that the price was correct, that a supervisor's initials were on the order, and that it would be part of the contract.
I just really wanted to make sure that they weren't going to pull a fast one on me and tell me on the phone that I was going to get it for that price, and then when the 1st bill gets here, it says something totally different.
He reassured me that it does indeed say that I get it at that price, and he said it even says why in the computer that I get it at that price, and he even read it back to me.
"Customer was told for 2.5 years that Fios was not available in her area. Fios is and has been available. The neighborhood was mapped incorrectly as single family homes. The house at xxxx south Lockwood Ridge Road is 2 apartments, not a single family home. Customer will receive discount on Fios internet for the term of 1 year at the price of $24.99 per month beginning from the date of installation 7/21/2009 and ending on 7/21/2010."
Saweeet!
It's only $5 more per month than what I'm paying for DSL right now, and once things get totally calmed down around here and I can start focusing more on doing my work instead of all that has been going on and cluttering up my brain, the money situation will improve greatly, but an extra $5 per month is totally do-able right now, I can handle that right now no problem.
But while Mel had me on the phone, he of course had to try and talk me into the whole package, the Fios internet, phone, and tv package, for like $119 per month, and he even told me all about the amazing laptop deals that they are throwing in absolutely free if you sign up for the total package.
It's a mini notebook or something, but you don't actually get it until after you have been a paid in full customer for a full 3 months, and then you, of course, have to pay shipping and handling on it, but you still get it for free.
I tried to stop him from wasting his breath, but he kept going, they must get a commission on Fios sales or something, but once he stopped talking about it all, I told him thanks but no thanks.
We haven't had cable in this house for like 8+ years, we've gotten quite used to it, and now that the digital conversion has happened, we actually get quite a few channels, they all come in crystal clear and we use Netflix for our movies, which allows us to get 2 at-a-time unlimited at home rentals per month, and unlimited movie watching on my computer and the teens xbox every month for no extra charge, so we really don't need the Fios tv.
It would be super nice to have, I agree, all those channels, HBO so I could watch True Blood, but we really don't need it, and definitely cannot afford it.
So just to make him stop trying to push the sale that he wasn't going to get, I told him that right now, due to the economy, there is no way that I can afford that much every month, but once the economy picks up and I can start working more, I'll more than likely call them back and order it.
That seemed to make him happy, so he stopped talking about it and we got back to talking about the installation on Tuesday.
The tech will be here on Tuesday the 21st between noon and 2pm, he will install the new 4port/wireless router, he'll hook up my pc, the teens pc, and he'll even set up the teens xbox360 for wireless because the setting we currently are using on the xbox, will no longer work after they set us up with Fios, the settings and the connect code thingy, won't work, so he'll have to set up an all new DHCP setting for it.
The teens are wicked excited about it, they cannot wait to have faster internet so that when they play WoW
I can't wait too, faster internet for me is going to be so awesome!
The teens and I all have our little things that make us happy, they with their video games and photoshop stuff that Sebastian does, and me and my The Sims 3
A lot of people say that the teens spend too much time playing video games, but I still think it's ok because I know where they are all of the time, they aren't out there with the local thug teens getting into any trouble.
I know that when I was their ages, 16 & 17, I was out there getting into trouble, drinking, staying out to all hours, and getting into all kinds of trouble.
I'd rather have them here and playing games than out there probably doing what I used to do at their age.
Comments
I've had both DSL and cable high speed....I can't tell the difference , it's not that noticable for someone with my skill set - that is, of course, none :-)
Posted by: mac | July 16, 2009 8:09 PM