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New Post 8/8/2007 5:27 PM
User is offline adammd
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right to choose luxuries 
Modified By adammd  on 8/8/2007 5:31:31 PM)

I am a starving college student and therefore money is at a premium for me.  Just like anyone else, I would like to subscribe to the best values when it comes to my internet service.  The apartment complex in which I live will only allow me to get internet in my apartment through them, which is $49 per month.  I can get the same connection speed from another provider for an introductory rate of $19.99 for the first six months and then at $42.95 for each month after the first six.  Over 12 months, I will save $210.36 if I go with the "other" provider, but I can't since they are not allowed to provide service to my apartment.  My lease agreement does not state that I must use the apartment complex's internet if I choose to use internet at all, infact it is completely silent on such issues which was admitted by the manager of the property.  Is there anything I can legally do to get around this blatant "gouging"??

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New Post 8/10/2007 10:21 AM
User is offline Jmadalon
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Re: right to choose luxuries 

Landlord tenant law does not give you the right in this case if the internet provider owns the wiring.  Without knowing the facts, we can only surmise that the chosen provider for internet service wired the entire complex and actually owns the wiring which is why you cannot use your free will to shop for alternate providers. 

The best way to explain it is that the owner has the discretion to make the rules which unfortunately put you at a disadvantage.  While extremely incovnenient, you could protest the provider and only use the internet on campus which is probably free.  That would save you substantially but inconvenience you even more than most college students could handle. 

 

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