I have an aunt who lives in an area where the market has 3 different cable carriers, plus they've got the new fiber service from AT&T and I believe Verizon as well. In my area, while I can deal with AOL, Earthlink, or RoadRunner as my ISP (interestingly enough, all three charge EXACTLY the same monthly fees) but it all goes through Time Warner Cable. I have basic cable and high speed Internet, and pay $72.00 a month. She has the same cable and HSI service, plus telephone service for $38.00 a month. Her deal IS an introductory deal that she had to contract for an entire year. However, after that year is over, she can decide to move to a different provider if they jack up her rates. I had to sign a 2 year agreement to ensure that my rate wouldn't increase by more than $2 a year. If I back out early, there's a $275 fee. But it doesn't really matter, since I have nowhere else to go.
Mark
Be careful what you wish for. In my experience, Time-Warner cable was better than Comcast by leaps and bounds. The service was better (it took them 6 trips, and they never got our cable exactly right), the prices were better, and there are a lot more features to Time-Warner.
For instance, if you use Newsgroups, at all, ComCast limits you to 1 GB per month where Time Warner gives you unlimited access. Actually Comcast has lots of limits it has been imposing on customers.