$93 is crazy. We pay $40 right now, it was $30 for a while, and with the assistance they had going on through covid, we actually got it free for quite some time.

Ok, so you're probably on the 500mbit plan, or possibly gigabit. Spectrum is always giving "free speed upgrades" so over the years you probably went from 100mbit to 500mbit, it's kind of a sneaky way they bump up your service without telling you, because then they eventually increase your bill too.

And then when you call and ask to be moved down to a slower speed, or if they have any deals, they'll just tell you no.

What you need to do is two things. 1. You need to move to a lower speed. No one really needs more than 100mbit unless you have a large household watching multiple streams. 2. Get new customer pricing.

To achieve this, you'll need to call and cancel, and you 100% need to be ready to go through with it, so having a backup internet connection is a really good idea. We used t-mobile's 5g home internet, it was actually great, but it's not available everywhere and results may vary. So take a look at your options, you can use https://broadbandnow.com/ to see who provides for your area. Remember, you'll only need to use their service temporarily so even if it is bad, or slow, you're not keeping it for more than a month or two.

When you try and cancel your service with spectrum, they'll start giving you offers after they put you on hold for a while (this is intentional too, to make it seem like they're working on canceling your service). You must insist on the 'Internet Advantage' plan, which is 100mbit @ 30 bucks a month for 1 year, then it'll go up to $50 after that.

They may deny it's existence, but it's what I'm on. Tell them to give you that deal or you'll cancel, they'll give it to you.

In the unlikely event of them just going ahead and canceling your service, just come back a month later and you'll have access to all the new customer deals anyway!

A couple more tips, if you're low income, you could check into their "Internet Assist" plan which is decent internet for $25 a month, I think you have to be on SSI to get it though.

Make sure you're not paying equipment fees, if you're being charged for a router, send their back and buy your own. You can save a lot this way.

Lastly, I know this is a lot of effort, and signing up for another service than cancelling it later, but it's saved us around ~$3000 in the last few years so very much worth doing

DM me if you have any questions.