My comcast bill doubled, so I called and canceled. Of course they try and get me to take less services at a slightly higher price, but I go ahead and make them cancel.
Through out the conversation I make it seem like Im on the fence, lets see if they call at the last minuet to try and retain me at the same price (as they did last time.)
If not, we have ATT U verse in the neighborhood, 18mbps goodness.
Why did the bill double?
No U-verse available here :(
wtf?
we've had cox cable internet for the last 3! years, directv for tele and no increases
Verizon Fios ;D
What really make the beast with two backss me off is these 'introductory prices' that jack up after 6 months to yeah, almost double. I'm about due here myself for a long phone conversation. Unfortunately UVerse isn't available here yet, and with Dish/DTV I'd only get 1.5mb internet tops. And the prices arent really any better than these intro prices with cable.
what is this uverse?
Att - Fiber to node.
oh snap - maybe i signed up for the wrong thing!
does it come with TV?
Yeah its a total package. A bit pricey though, I'm only using it to get comcast to fold. They dont have the monopoly on high speed internet anymore in our area, so charging 75 bucks a month aint going to fly.
iiiiinteresting
i just transfered my DSL to the new place and we are looking into their 'bundle' with satellite TV
perhaps i need to reevaluate the situation
Comcast BLOWS. Everyone I know who has them or had them in the past hate them. I really haven't met anyone who has anything good to say about them.
I'm pretty happy w/ Comcast because they haven't tried to move into the area where I live. :P
Quote from: NAKID on April 15, 2009, 09:37:13 AM
Comcast BLOWS. Everyone I know who has them or had them in the past hate them. I really haven't met anyone who has anything good to say about them.
Their internet speed and downtime (Ive never had it go down in a year) are awesome
I pay for 6 mbps
I get around 16 mbps.
It easily streams HD netflix with no hiccups or buffering after the initial 10 seconds.
I just have no reason to pay 110 bucks for it, I am fine with 70. [laugh]
Quote from: ducatizzzz on April 14, 2009, 06:31:52 PM
we've had cox cable internet for the last 3!
You like the cox? You like fishsticks too?
Quote from: silentbob on April 15, 2009, 10:16:07 AM
You like the cox? You like fishsticks too?
BIIIIITCCH!
Quote from: NAKID on April 15, 2009, 09:37:13 AM
Comcast BLOWS. Everyone I know who has them or had them in the past hate them. I really haven't met anyone who has anything good to say about them.
I hate them as much as I hate Comcast. They both are terrible, provide a horrible service fraught with digital gremlins, and generalliy piss me off a few times a week. They act like they are doing me a favor by charging me a fortune for piss poor service. They are lucky I'm forced to use them, or I'd be on FiOS or U-Verse in a heartbeat. If only my apt. complex had connection.
At my previous resdence, I had access to Huxley Communications Fiber to Home. Voice, Data, Digital TV...one fiber optic line. 5 computers on and downloading various things/uploading various other things and speeds wouldn't drop at all.
And the great part...HuxComm is a Co-op so even rate changes are voted on. I miss them so much. Now I have to suckle at Qwest's teet until I can find a house back in HuxComm's area...
Get your cancelation in writing.
When I moved last the new area was covered under Charter, so I turned in the equipment and told them to cancel services. They sent bills for the old location for three months post cancelation and even sent it to collections even though I told them after each new bill that I had canceled. They finally say they've fix the "computer error." Twelve months later Comcast buys out Charter in my area (great) and the dumbmake the beast with two backss still showed my account as delinquent when I called to switch my Charter account over.
I wouldn't trust AT&T U-Verse.
We have them currently and what a make the beast with two backsing mess it has been.
My wife called to downgrade our service (as they changed the pricing) and gave her a confirmation number to confirm a promotional pricing that brought us back down to our original "honeymoon" contract.
Well, we get the next bill and it is the same.
We relay to them the confirmation number and they tell us they don't give confirmation numbers...........
long story short......
in the words of Demo Dick Marcinko:
"make the beast with two backs the mothermake the beast with two backser's before they make the beast with two backsing make the beast with two backs you"
we still have them, but cheaper than Time Warner (only other option in our area)
Read the fine print.
You can get AT&T (locally, not sure about everywhere) for $20/month for basic DSL service and no price jump.
JM
Quote from: the_Journeyman on April 15, 2009, 07:39:59 PM
Read the fine print.
You can get AT&T (locally, not sure about everywhere) for $20/month for basic DSL service and no price jump.
JM
You need a phone line, though.
Add that to the cost.
I hate Comcast. HATE them. When I was in Albuquerque a few years ago, I signed up with them for internet service (I don't have a TV). The guy comes out and says that he has to install a special cable modem and will be right back with it. He had me go ahead and sign a zillion page form stating that I gave permission, etc. Long story short, dude doesn't come back. I have no cable. I called Comcast repeatedly over the course of several months to complain, and they kept telling me that I had service, blah blah. I finally got a lady on the phone who was sympathetic and cancelled the "so called" service and agreed to refund the charges and gave me a case number. By this time, I had long since caved and bought internet from Sprint with a laptop card thingie.
Fast forward...I don't get any more bills from Comcast. I think it's over and done. I move. A few months later I get a letter from collections from Comcast for a cable modem and service. I called Comcast first, and of course they don't recognize my case number or the customer service agent's name. The charge is still on my credit report, and I have disputed it repeatedly. Yes, I could just pay the $400-whatever dollars, but I refuse on principal. Bastards. And yeah, I know in retrospect that I should never have signed the paperwork. The maintenance guy at my apartment complex said that Comcast subcontracts out to random yahoos who do this and then hook their friends up with free cable.
Quote from: cyrus buelton on April 16, 2009, 06:10:55 AM
You need a phone line, though.
Add that to the cost.
Actually, they have dedicated DSL (no phone service required) now. It is about $5 more a month than adding it to an existing line. In fact, that is what I am on right now.
I don't know about COMCAST, but Insight was terrible. That is why I now have AT&T.
you think you have it bad, inmagine having a leech on your line. you might as well not have internet.
Quote from: Nitewaif on April 17, 2009, 10:29:00 PM
I hate Comcast. HATE them. When I was in Albuquerque a few years ago, I signed up with them for internet service (I don't have a TV). The guy comes out and says that he has to install a special cable modem and will be right back with it. He had me go ahead and sign a zillion page form stating that I gave permission, etc. Long story short, dude doesn't come back. I have no cable. I called Comcast repeatedly over the course of several months to complain, and they kept telling me that I had service, blah blah. I finally got a lady on the phone who was sympathetic and cancelled the "so called" service and agreed to refund the charges and gave me a case number. By this time, I had long since caved and bought internet from Sprint with a laptop card thingie.
Fast forward...I don't get any more bills from Comcast. I think it's over and done. I move. A few months later I get a letter from collections from Comcast for a cable modem and service. I called Comcast first, and of course they don't recognize my case number or the customer service agent's name. The charge is still on my credit report, and I have disputed it repeatedly. Yes, I could just pay the $400-whatever dollars, but I refuse on principal. Bastards. And yeah, I know in retrospect that I should never have signed the paperwork. The maintenance guy at my apartment complex said that Comcast subcontracts out to random yahoos who do this and then hook their friends up with free cable.
that's what you get for signing first!
Quote from: ducatizzzz on April 19, 2009, 07:59:25 PM
that's what you get for signing first!
Yup, live and learn.