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I tried to cancel the cable part of my package after the promo expired. After a few minutes, the then offered me $10 off my monthly bill and to extend the promo another year.

The cable box will remain off and unplugged as we never used it but they're obviously just trying to keep their numbers up for some reason I can't comprehend.

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I want to add something a lot of people don't know. When you have cable+internet, you end up paying about 20% taxes+fees on the final price. Some of that is government taxes, some are misc fees, but it's a lot more than your state sales tax.

With just internet, there are usually NO taxes+fees, not even state sales tax. So even if cable+internet cost the same as just internet, you will still end up shelling out $10 more. The $50 cable+internet option will cost $60, whereas the $40 internet option costs just that.

The internet package alone is $20 more a month regardless of taxes and fees.

Internet-only service costs within $10 of your TV+internet package? That's odd.

You could have cancelled tv service and asked for a promo discount on your internet service. Calling with specific knowledge of a competitor's plan and threatening to switch to it gets you the best deals.

We have no competitor and the internet level of service is $20 more expensive than our current package.

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