[villages07]

RS,

I agree....that is one way to get some attention to this. Getting tee time system for 'free' is one factor for me in retaining Comcast (the company you love to hate). Once it is no longer free, I'll be more inclined to switch to DirectTV and DSL. I plan to alert Comcast to this upcoming choice long before the June deadline.

I stopped in at the Villages.Net office on Thursday and spoke with the receptionist....she didn't provide a lot of information...basically saying that the Villages (meaning the developer and his various companies) owns villages.net and the tee time system and sets the fees as they see fit (read a level at which people will pay). It is totally separate from the amenities we all pay for. She did not know how many comcast subscribers will be hit by the new fee nor was she privy to the overall operating budget for villages.net/tee time system.

I plan to also speak with local comcast, amenity authority committee and a few others to try to get some more info on this.

My basic gripe is that $8/month = approx $2M/year for 20,000 households....that seems like a lot of profit for the services provided. $4/month I could see..... $8 seems way too high.

The research continues....