U-Verse is "triple play" so he probably had phone(s), TV(s), and Internet.

This is stll ridiculous pricing. I pay something like 120 a month for tv, hbo included, and 30 mbps internet. Unless he has every station on earth, he's being overcharged,

And there are people renting phones - yes, phones, really cheap ones too, those with only the 12 buttons and no other functions - for over $50 a month, from their telephone companies. These customers are mostly elderlies. It was just sickening.

(Worked at a call center)

What? I Can't believe those prices you're forced to pay. I have Triple Play, 120 Mb/s and a iPad App to view shows/sports separately for 55 euro's a month.

I'm paying ~$300/mo for TV (HBO etc), phone (no long distance charges) and ~$35/mbit Internet connection. It's a rip-off, of course. But since there's no real competition (U-Verse?!) I have no choice. Meanwhile, the cable industry is reducing potential for competition (Time-Warner merging with Comcast).

There's always a choice. You can always choose to disconnect one or two of those.

That's a non-choice. A choice would mean being able to choose between a variety of competing services with good offerings. Disconnecting is not a realistic choice.

Talk to retention. You don't even have to threaten to cancel, just talk to them. I have to do this every year. The price I just quoted was set last week by TWC retention.

Thanks for the advice. I need to do this, obviously.

I would be paying the same except for the charge for two extra cables boxes and the charges for HD on three cable boxes and the charge for the DVR listing. Not to mention all of the taxes and fees. My bill ends up being over $200 with no phone.

Nickel and dimeing is off by a factor of 1,000.