[jennyo]

Vonage also has 911 problems.

We have Direct TV and pay $135/month for all premium and HD channels. We have 1 regular DVR and 1 HDDVR.

Internet is just ATT DSL, which I noticed went up by $5 to $25 last month.

Sounds like you got a good deal.

[jennyo]

Vonage also has 911 problems.

We have Direct TV and pay $135/month for all premium and HD channels. We have 1 regular DVR and 1 HDDVR.

Internet is just ATT DSL, which I noticed went up by $5 to $25 last month.

Sounds like you got a good deal.

[jennyo]

Vonage also has 911 problems.

We have Direct TV and pay $135/month for all premium and HD channels. We have 1 regular DVR and 1 HDDVR.

Internet is just ATT DSL, which I noticed went up by $5 to $25 last month.

Sounds like you got a good deal.

[jennyo]

Vonage also has 911 problems.

We have Direct TV and pay $135/month for all premium and HD channels. We have 1 regular DVR and 1 HDDVR.

Internet is just ATT DSL, which I noticed went up by $5 to $25 last month.

Sounds like you got a good deal.

[jennyo]

Vonage also has 911 problems.

We have Direct TV and pay $135/month for all premium and HD channels. We have 1 regular DVR and 1 HDDVR.

Internet is just ATT DSL, which I noticed went up by $5 to $25 last month.

Sounds like you got a good deal.

[jennyo]

They sent out the rate increase notices to everyone. I always pay the balance in full but they still jacked it to 17 percent from 10 percent. They also said I could opt out of the increase, but then my account would be automatically closed when the card expires. I think they are trying to get people to voluntarily shut down their cards by doing the rate increase.

[jennyo]

They sent out the rate increase notices to everyone. I always pay the balance in full but they still jacked it to 17 percent from 10 percent. They also said I could opt out of the increase, but then my account would be automatically closed when the card expires. I think they are trying to get people to voluntarily shut down their cards by doing the rate increase.

[jennyo]

They sent out the rate increase notices to everyone. I always pay the balance in full but they still jacked it to 17 percent from 10 percent. They also said I could opt out of the increase, but then my account would be automatically closed when the card expires. I think they are trying to get people to voluntarily shut down their cards by doing the rate increase.

[jennyo]

They sent out the rate increase notices to everyone. I always pay the balance in full but they still jacked it to 17 percent from 10 percent. They also said I could opt out of the increase, but then my account would be automatically closed when the card expires. I think they are trying to get people to voluntarily shut down their cards by doing the rate increase.

[jennyo]

They sent out the rate increase notices to everyone. I always pay the balance in full but they still jacked it to 17 percent from 10 percent. They also said I could opt out of the increase, but then my account would be automatically closed when the card expires. I think they are trying to get people to voluntarily shut down their cards by doing the rate increase.

[jennyo]

I worked for a “liberal” at an alternative newsweekly (similar to the Reader in SD) in the early 1990’s. The owners, a husband and wife, were total hippies but he was an amazing salesman. Those free weekly papers derive 100 percent of their income from advertising and this guy could sell ice to Eskimoes. He was an astute market researcher and figured out the markets that his paper would do well in (places with young urban liberals and gays) and then targeted businesses that wanted these groups to advertise. They expanded from one paper to three (three separate markets) and but for the internet would probably still be doing well. Craigslist creamed them in classifieds, and all newspaper readership is declining.

The pay was terrible but the benefits were good. In exchange for a relatively low hourly wage, we got health insurance and “fringe benefits” which included a free gym membership, concert tickets, and occasional gift cards to restaurants (all advertisers). We were expected to take the low pay because of the coolness factor involved with working at the newspaper. Whenever a commission salesperson started doing “too well” (i.e. making close to $100K) they would get fired.

It was actually a fun place to work and since I was in grad school at the time, I wasn’t looking for a career. I got to see lots of great concerts and eat at good restaurants for free*.

*I did pay income tax on the value of the freebies.

[jennyo]

I worked for a “liberal” at an alternative newsweekly (similar to the Reader in SD) in the early 1990’s. The owners, a husband and wife, were total hippies but he was an amazing salesman. Those free weekly papers derive 100 percent of their income from advertising and this guy could sell ice to Eskimoes. He was an astute market researcher and figured out the markets that his paper would do well in (places with young urban liberals and gays) and then targeted businesses that wanted these groups to advertise. They expanded from one paper to three (three separate markets) and but for the internet would probably still be doing well. Craigslist creamed them in classifieds, and all newspaper readership is declining.

The pay was terrible but the benefits were good. In exchange for a relatively low hourly wage, we got health insurance and “fringe benefits” which included a free gym membership, concert tickets, and occasional gift cards to restaurants (all advertisers). We were expected to take the low pay because of the coolness factor involved with working at the newspaper. Whenever a commission salesperson started doing “too well” (i.e. making close to $100K) they would get fired.

It was actually a fun place to work and since I was in grad school at the time, I wasn’t looking for a career. I got to see lots of great concerts and eat at good restaurants for free*.

*I did pay income tax on the value of the freebies.

[jennyo]

I worked for a “liberal” at an alternative newsweekly (similar to the Reader in SD) in the early 1990’s. The owners, a husband and wife, were total hippies but he was an amazing salesman. Those free weekly papers derive 100 percent of their income from advertising and this guy could sell ice to Eskimoes. He was an astute market researcher and figured out the markets that his paper would do well in (places with young urban liberals and gays) and then targeted businesses that wanted these groups to advertise. They expanded from one paper to three (three separate markets) and but for the internet would probably still be doing well. Craigslist creamed them in classifieds, and all newspaper readership is declining.

The pay was terrible but the benefits were good. In exchange for a relatively low hourly wage, we got health insurance and “fringe benefits” which included a free gym membership, concert tickets, and occasional gift cards to restaurants (all advertisers). We were expected to take the low pay because of the coolness factor involved with working at the newspaper. Whenever a commission salesperson started doing “too well” (i.e. making close to $100K) they would get fired.

It was actually a fun place to work and since I was in grad school at the time, I wasn’t looking for a career. I got to see lots of great concerts and eat at good restaurants for free*.

*I did pay income tax on the value of the freebies.

[jennyo]

I worked for a “liberal” at an alternative newsweekly (similar to the Reader in SD) in the early 1990’s. The owners, a husband and wife, were total hippies but he was an amazing salesman. Those free weekly papers derive 100 percent of their income from advertising and this guy could sell ice to Eskimoes. He was an astute market researcher and figured out the markets that his paper would do well in (places with young urban liberals and gays) and then targeted businesses that wanted these groups to advertise. They expanded from one paper to three (three separate markets) and but for the internet would probably still be doing well. Craigslist creamed them in classifieds, and all newspaper readership is declining.

The pay was terrible but the benefits were good. In exchange for a relatively low hourly wage, we got health insurance and “fringe benefits” which included a free gym membership, concert tickets, and occasional gift cards to restaurants (all advertisers). We were expected to take the low pay because of the coolness factor involved with working at the newspaper. Whenever a commission salesperson started doing “too well” (i.e. making close to $100K) they would get fired.

It was actually a fun place to work and since I was in grad school at the time, I wasn’t looking for a career. I got to see lots of great concerts and eat at good restaurants for free*.

*I did pay income tax on the value of the freebies.

[jennyo]

I worked for a “liberal” at an alternative newsweekly (similar to the Reader in SD) in the early 1990’s. The owners, a husband and wife, were total hippies but he was an amazing salesman. Those free weekly papers derive 100 percent of their income from advertising and this guy could sell ice to Eskimoes. He was an astute market researcher and figured out the markets that his paper would do well in (places with young urban liberals and gays) and then targeted businesses that wanted these groups to advertise. They expanded from one paper to three (three separate markets) and but for the internet would probably still be doing well. Craigslist creamed them in classifieds, and all newspaper readership is declining.

The pay was terrible but the benefits were good. In exchange for a relatively low hourly wage, we got health insurance and “fringe benefits” which included a free gym membership, concert tickets, and occasional gift cards to restaurants (all advertisers). We were expected to take the low pay because of the coolness factor involved with working at the newspaper. Whenever a commission salesperson started doing “too well” (i.e. making close to $100K) they would get fired.

It was actually a fun place to work and since I was in grad school at the time, I wasn’t looking for a career. I got to see lots of great concerts and eat at good restaurants for free*.

*I did pay income tax on the value of the freebies.

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