<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by mikel51:
In my area, Comcast charges $59.95 for cable internet access alone and $45.95 if you have cable TV. Since the cheapest cable TV is 10.99/mo, it is actually cheaper to get both.</font>
Yeah, same for me, although this change was just instituted in April. (I'm in former AT&T territory; AT&T did not have that policy.) Well, my basic costs $12.32 or something like that, but same premise I mean. It's still cheaper to go ahead and get the basic basic TV.
As for the "you'll still be able to get TV over the line", this would also vary from area to area. I know for a long time it was true in our area, but they did finally come up with a trap that works. I never had problems like the guy in the link did.
In fact, at my reinstall after moving the installers didn't have the traps for basic, so I had extra channels. They didn't forget, though; someone installed the traps within a week or so.