AT&T U-verse sends me gobs of mail each month wanting me to sign up for their service. Really, I think I receive something from them every other day.
About a year ago, when we still subscribed to DirectTV, I did a comparison of our current service to AT&T U-verse. At that time, U-verse would have ended up costing us a couple of dollars more each month than what we were currently paying.
Our situation is different now. We no longer subscribe to pay TV service like cable or satellite, save for Tina’s Netflix subscription and my occasional Amazon Unbox purchase.
And now, AT&T is offering up to $400 back for signing up for U-verse. So, let’s do that math … because, well, I ain’t got nuthin’ else better to do right now.
Currently, we pay…
Cable/Satellite
$0
BellSouth
Unlimited Local & Long Distance : $35
DSL: $18 (6 Mbps/512 Kbps)
Taxes : $15
TOTAL : $68
Comparable service from AT&T U-Verse would look like this…
U200 TV : $64
2 Additional Receivers : $14
Unlimited Local & Long Distance : $30
High Speed Internet: $43 (6 Mpbs/1 Mpbs)
Estimated Taxes : $20
SUBTOTAL : $171
- $67 ($400 rebate ÷ 6 months)
- $10 ($60 auto-pay bill credit ÷ 6 months)
TOTAL : $94
After 6 months, we would cancel the TV service and go back to just phone & Internet service which would be about $88 each month, still higher than we were paying to BellSouth right now for the same stuff.
Since $94 is not less than what we’re currently paying ($68), I guess we’ll keep things the way they are.
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