You have to be willing to play the game. Yes, they'll jack the rates, and I'll threaten to cancel and they'll either back off or I WILL cancel (I make credible threats). Then I wait until their next deal comes along and call them back, remind them of my prior experience, and negotiate their deal lower. This is mainly for the cable piece though. I never give up internet.
Oh, and I think frugal would be sellling the TV and reading Blues Clues library books to the kid, but in this case I'm content with a non-frugal label.
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