I am paying $135 a month for 400 MB internet with Astound/RCN, all the way from $85 in February 🙃 What are others paying in downtown Chicago?

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I just left RCN after 6 years. I was at $110/month after having to call every 6 months to complain about constant price increases. Xfinity was an easy switch and now pay $41/mo

When you call RCN to cancel, and after long holds, they have 4-5 rounds of further discounts and offers to try to retain you. I got 4 counter offers, including a follow-up call a day after I canceled trying to match my xfinity price and begging me to stay.

It’s a scam. The only way to keep it reasonable is to switch between the two every 12-18 months.

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$35 astound 300mbps

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$35/month xfinity

For 400mbps??? They’re scamming me at $70 :o

$55/month ATT . 1 gb up/down.

Cancel it and get t mobile 5g. No need for the apartment to be wired, $50/mo, and cancel any time.

$20/month for 1.5 Gbps

RCN

Wow, totally getting shafted by RCN. I’ll plan to cancel shortly.

It’s a shame, Astound used to be so good until they got bought by RCN. I left after RCN did kept increasing rates and kept having outages in my neighborhood

$19/month

Zentro

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