[NJblue]

Gee, it almost seems as if their price depends on who you talked to. I just got off the phone with them an hour or so ago. They gave me the following prices (probably do not include taxes):

1MB - $39.95
6 MB - $59.95
8 MB - $67.95

Interestingly enough, they gave me the following prices for internet plus basic (local-only) cable:

1 MB - $39.30
6 MB - $57.30
8 MB - $67.30

In other words, there is essentially no extra charge to add basic cable TV to the internet (and actually is cheaper to get the combined service than internet only!).

Because Comcast doesn't provide some of the sports programming that I am looking for and Direct TV does, but, since Direct TV has an extra charge per TV, I am thinking of running Direct TV to the two TVs that I will want to have the full menu of channels (plus the HD DVRs) and then use basic Comcast service to the other TVs where basic network coverage is probably acceptable. This would also give us cable TV backup should bad weather knock out the satellite service.