Internet serivce provider (New York, York: apartment, movies, tax)

[kyle717]

I am new in the city and look for some affordable internet connection?
any suggestion for me, i am in the lower east side of Manhattan.

Verizon's plan (24.99) seems to be attractive, but it costs a hundred buck for the installation ...that's not unacceptable for me.

are others ISP charging so much for that?

thx

[009]

Internet | Time Warner Cable | New York City (http://www.timewarnercable.com/nynj/learn/hso/ - broken link)

or

RCN New York City | High Speed Internet | Plans & Pricing

[Kefir King]

I recommend the FIOS triple play for about $90 plus tax if your building is wired for it especially if you can get a 2 year guaranteed rate...haggle.

That $24.99 from Verizon sounds like DSL. Be warned it is not a very fast connection (.75 Mbps most likely...possible 1.5 Mbps) and it is completely unsuitable for movie streaming.

Who provides your TV cable?

[Febtober]

I've got RCN and have been quite pleased with them. I pay $25 a month for 15Mbps down and (I think) 5 Mbps up, plus $5 a month for the modem rental. If you have your own cable modem then you don't need to bother with that.

I think I'm grandfathered into their old price, and it's now $10 more, so $35 a month, which is still pretty good. I saw a flyer in my apartment the other day about bundling your internet and cable TV with them for like $65, which sounds pretty good considering so many people don't need a landline phone anymore. Personally I just pay $8 a month to Netflix and Hulu and have more television shows/movies than I could ever watch.