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A real sad group of people runs time Warner Cable and I feel sorry for all its customers. As once having the pleasure of doing business with Time Warner and other cable companies, I know that there is just no getting through to them. Comcast services the area where I live now and let me tell you that they are no better!

A few weeks ago, I was looking to cut costs wherever I could, so I called up Comcast to see what cable internet plans were available in my area. Once I finally talked to someone (a task in its self), I was told that there were two packages available. One at 6 Mbps and the other at 8 Mbps, priced at $49.99 and $59.99 respectively; Furthermore, I was told that the service in my area is fiber to the home! (I will eat my hat if it rely is fiber to the home) To put all of this into prospective I currently am a DSL subscriber and am happily (at least now) paying $39.99 monthly for 12 Mbps.

The point of this small rant is that Comcast, Time Warner and other cable internet companies are ripping there customers off and think that said customers don’t know any better. Here is the kicker. The community of Wilson, North Carolina has had enough of the nickel and dimming that Time Warner has been doing to them, so they set out to make their own high-speed internet provider. Greenlight, the internet provider created to compete against the monopolistic Time Warner, offers a range of packages to its customers from $35, 10 Mbps plan all the way up to an unheard of 100 Mbps for $300. This severely undercuts Time Warner’s business and instead of innovating, they teamed up with Embarq to stop Greenlight by having it banned by the state Government.

This industry rely needs some innovation, and competition. There are countries all around there world that are getting unimaginable internet speeds at pennies in comparison to what we pay for here in the states.

You may have noticed a flurry of activity from me in the last few days, well I have found a website that will keep my creative juices flowing (at least for a little while). I have lots of fun ideas for new posts, and as always I will keep you informed about what is new in the news and in my life! Please feel free to let me know how I am doing and thanks for stopping by!

Oh man, where to begin!? I know it has been quite a long time since I have written anything; however, there has been so much on my plate. As you may have herd, my wife and I have been trying to buy our house… for the PAST YEAR! Well the bank tells us that this will be the month (will see). I just found out that in these troubled times, (drink) the company has decided to make some choices that will save them lots of money, and at the same time cost me my job! With all this extra time that I will potentially have coming up, I have decided to try and fix some things around the site… so pardon my mess! I am also trying to move both the old site and the new one together. Lets see, what else? Nope, can’t think of anything off the top of my head; however, keep your eyes peeled for more news.