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		<title>Botched ISP Order = Me Happy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[earthlink]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In December, I decided my Internet bill was just too high. I was already paying $47/mo for 7m/512k RoadRunner, then they upped the bill by $2. It was a small change, but just what I needed to push me over the edge. After looking around, Earthlink seemed to be my best bet. Similar speeds, cheaper [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In December, I decided my Internet bill was just too high. I was already paying $47/mo for 7m/512k RoadRunner, then they upped the bill by $2. It was a small change, but just what I needed to push me over the edge. After looking around, Earthlink seemed to be my best bet. Similar speeds, cheaper price ($30/mo for first six months, $42 after), and I could still use my cable modem.</p>
<p>Well, at least 10 phone calls to Earthlink, TimeWarner and even between them, and a month and a half later, still nothing changed. Earthlink would call to see if everything went through okay (first bad sign if <em>they</em> can&#8217;t even tell if my connection is up). I finally called them back to say I was still being billed for RoadRunner. They transfered me to TimeWarner to get things straightened out.</p>
<p>The rep said &#8220;if this doesn&#8217;t get straightened out, I can get you a similar price, say, $29.95/mo for 12 months. Would that be okay?&#8221; After being on hold for about 5-10 minutes, he comes back with this:</p>
<p>&#8220;There were some botched orders/paperwork from Earthlink that never went through.We could have them resubmit everything, but it might take a while. You said that you were switching because of price. I can offer you our 15MB/1MB access for $19.95 a month for two years. Would that be something you would be interested in? I can also pro-rate that back to December.&#8221;</p>
<p>I gave an audible &#8220;Sure, that would be okay.&#8221; But inside I was saying &#8220;Hell&#8230;. yes&#8230;..&#8221;</p>
<p>So, for about $21/mo after taxes, I get this:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.speedtest.net"><img src="http://www.speedtest.net/result/396133404.png" alt="18008MB/970MB, 9ms, RoadRunner" /></a></p>
<p>18MB down&#8230; 1MB up. I&#8217;m completely okay with that.</p>
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