"DerbyDad03" wrote in message
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I just did some Googling. I'm seeing people complaining about quotes
from TWC for ~$3K to run hardline 500 ft from the road to the house.

I did some math:

7000 ft/500 ft = 14
14 X $3K = $42K

Seems like the $44K that my co-worker showed me is right in line with
what others have been quoted.

For 7000 feet probably not too much out of range. That cable probably costs
2 to 4 dollars a foot, then some poles (lease from power company) or burry
cost and maybe an amplifier or two.

I had cable up to a few months ago. They seemed to keep going up and when
they wanted to install digital boxes at each tv and charge for them , I went
to direct tv and kept the cable for the internet. Direct tv had a special
low rate for a year and some premium stations for a low rate for a while.
They even want to charge several dollars a month for the modem , or you can
buy your own which is what I did.

About 3 months ago they upped the speed from 15 to 50 meg. The modem I had
was not rated for that , so bought the one they recommended on their web
site and only get from 22 to 35 meg for the download. I do get about 5.5 to
6 meg on the upload which they rate at 5.
Don't recall what the old modem would do on the 50 meg rated system, but
probably should have just kept it as it is rated for about 30 or 35 meg.