I live outside Raleigh and I switched to uverse about a two years ago, and as soon as one year went by I got an amazing deal from TWC for almost half what I was paying with them. I had to send them my last bill from uverse but it was deal I couldn't pass up. Uverse is now coming back with deals that are almost as good and I am just waiting for one a bit closer as I hate the TWC DVR interface and the internet is all over the place. Everyone else I know is paying over $130 for twc tv/dvr and standard internet, while I am getting the same thing for just over $70. Competition is awesome!

I have the exact same problem with my ceiling fans that have dimmers built-in with a remote (not a wall switch). The only CFL that don't have the "Not for use with dimmers" on the box are 4x the price and of the larger size where I need the smaller (more popular now) ones to fit on the fan and I only found them once at Home Depot over a year ago. Only online now.

The second place where CFL don't work properly are on motion sensor switches. I put one in my kitchen so I don't have to fumble around for the switch at night, and it does work for the most part but sometimes it flashes like a strobe after turning off. The same thing happened when I replaced two of my flood lights with ones that have a normal brightness when motion is detected and a low light for otherwise (on sale :)). Same thing, blinking like a strobe light with CFL buibs.