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Originally Posted by tankdvr1950
First...and i dislike immensely having to say this first...but since one poster actually asked if another poster was a resident or not....(as far as i know u don't have to be a resident to join this wonderful group at TOTV...nor do u have to be a resident to offer timely comments on various issues)....i am a wannabe....a dedicated one and a great follower of everything TV that appears on TOTV....without question, i get more real life info here than anywhere else and i have no doubt that all that info will be extremely helpful when we finally become TV'ers, this year.
That said, i am very aware of the T time system...both phone and on-line....i have seen comments on both...both positive and negative....my sense is that i will, upon our arrival, give the phone a try and if it does not meet my needs, head to the on-line system with its associated costs.
I guess i may be naive but i do not understand the furor about an $8 increase for on-line T time access. I understand that it is or appears to be a large increase....$96 additional per year is.....still $96 per year out of the household budget. But are some even more naive than I, to not realize that EVERYTHING...is going up. Remember a few months ago when food prices rose because of "increased transportation/fuel costs"...not that fuel has come down...has anyone seen a reduction in food prices???? Crude oil prices rose to above $45/barrel recently....now understand thats for future purchases of oil....but before the oil was even taken out of the gound...gas prices rose. How many of you have received notices from your credit card companies that your interest rates are going up and this from companies who have received part of the $350 b of our money used to bail them out.
Is someone making money from this increase...of course.....who is making it.....who knows for sure....Comcast, the villages.net...the developer...who knows for sure..but surely someone is.....is it pure greed?...is it trying to make up losses due to the economic situation? I have no idea. It is, lets be honest....the American way....its called profit motive.....its why people (including the developer) got into business in the first place.
I don't like the idea that Comcast is the only high speed internet provider available...but here in NY....i only have a choice of Time Warner Cable...or Verizon DLS which is far less desirable. I can't count the number of cable price increases i have seen in the last two years.
My trash hauler increased their charges due to increased fuel prices...but now that fuel costs are down.....i called and ask if the fuel surcharge was being reduced...the answer was no. I switched haulers to one that has no fuel surcharge.
This is already too long and i apologize..call it venting if you will....but i just don't understand the uproar over this charge. Justified or not....my opinion is....let the user pay the cost for the convenience...that way it effects only those that CHOOSE to use the service. If the cost is too high for some...if some object to the rate of increase or to whom it may be benefiting, either bite the bullet ...pay the increase for the convenience or...and yes there is an alternative....use the phone system....or organize a letter writing campaign to ask for a change.
Thank u TOTV...for being there...for residents and soon to be residents alike.
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It may be venting but it sure made sense to me. I use the computer but really have no broad knowledge of cyberspace and how it works and how the charges might be incurred. I am a tight person, REALLY thrifty, but I love to play golf. Eight dollars a month seems reasonable to me to access 27 executive and 9 championship courses. (And more on the way!!)