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Save big on your cable bill

June 22, 2009

Cable companies, perhaps more than any other product providers love to entice new subscribers with new packages at low rates. Existing customers tend to get nothing—other than frustrated.
Maybe that has changed.
I use Comcast—for cable ($60/month) and internet service ($45/month). I saw a recent promo for cable and internet for $69.99 for 6 months, called and [...]

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Avoid utility charges that are not yours

June 10, 2009

Never assume the next tenant will put utilities in their own name. Or if you move out and leave behind a roommate or sublease to someone, never assume they will do it, either.
When you move, make sure you call your utility providers to let them know you are moving and that they should remove your [...]

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McCain will not enforce net neutrality

August 27, 2008

Net neutrality is the idea central to the Internet that no content provider should have priority over any other. Consumers pay for the pipeline, which gives access to all the content on the web. There are no back roads online, just one, big, wide, information superhighway.
Some internet service providers—the telecommunications industry, mainly—want to relegate most [...]

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Internet privacy gets Congress’ attention

August 13, 2008

Internet privacy gets Congress’ attention | MinnPost

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In trouble with an internet payday loan? Change banks.

June 11, 2008

Nathalie Martin at Credit Slips reports that many internet payday loans are illegal and therefore unenforceable. But they can be a big problem, since most automatically deduct their fee from consumers’ bank accounts and roll over without warning.
Since many of these loans are illegal under state payday lending laws, consumers can simply change bank accounts [...]

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