In my dealings with them, I have had to renew a few contracts with the looming possibility of FiOS coming into the picture within the timeframe of the lock. I've always been told by the TWC reps that they don't audit the building once they are signed up and if the usage dips below the contracted price, they really wouldn't know, since they don't audit.

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Use the fact that FIOS is coming to the building to negotiate better terms and prices for those that commit on the bulk T/W deal. Insist that the shareholders sign an agreement of liability and obligation with the Coop if they pull before the contract term is finished. Your most valuable customers will be those who are buying 3X play packages. They hate losing those. Take the best deal offer from FIOS and demand equal or better from TW or you will switch.

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i am a firm believer in letting the resident decide on who they want for their telco-broadband-tv service. you can get some pretty sweet deals by switching to cable now with no contract,
The price is locked in for a time frame, mine is a year, but then you check who has the best deal and the best service. I think it is common in the commo industry to not worry as much with a building that is locked in, they can't change. Notice how horrible the cellphone carriers are . They lure you in with a low price phone , lock you in for 2 or 3 years , and if you have bad service , tough nuggies. IMO it is a disgrace that the FCC lets them get away with this , but they are lobbied.
My cable broadband is faster than most fios in my area. i have boost,so my d/l speeds are 50 m. i am one on the very few people who test their speed and record it on broadband reports, the old DSLR reports , i cant find my old pw so i had to start a new account, but still looking, i have been testing my speeds since the days of DOS and 56k modems , and recording them on the board, where you can search by zip or the first 3 of your zip or zero it in to your block or building.
The biggest shame was in my case the building not changing the original building antenna to the digital antenna. I did without cable for 20 years plus, used the building antenna and had PIP on my monitor. The digital signal is supposed to be better than the analog. When i used the analog building antenna , i had a better signal then the people who paid for cable . not too many channels, bit the broadband took care of the rest. Hopefully broadband customers can get a service like prepaid phones. only pay for the channels you want , this way those of us who don't want the sports channels don't pay the always increasing fees for ESPN contracts. Even by going to prepaid t mobile, i saved about 400 a year, and that includes paying full price for my android phones. using wi-fi for everything. NYC is putting wi-fi in most of its parks if your service is optonline or partner service, about all metronorth stops have free wi-fi. Wish GCT would go optonline. These carriers using non sim card are a rip off. In europe they all have sim cards. You go top a different area. buy a sim and pay cheap rates. Let the consumer decide

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