Comcast Sucks

[discouraged]

Ok - I copied your info into a word document and will try to follow instructions. But I'm pretty sure I tried everything I could. I DO have all the equipment so will just have to try again. As I said, I'm tecnically challenged. We'll see.

[WhatMoney]

WhatMoney -I live in a city. My tv is an older model that did not use a remote so the converter with remote didn't/doesn't work. I could be technically challenged tho - lol.

I was going to get one that would work with it but actually find it refreshing not to have a tv. Didn't use it much, except for the news. I may get one again someday but not until I find a job. Food/shelter comes first.

The digital converter box should work just fine with your old TV set with no remote. The boxes all have an RF output which you just connect to your TV set antenna input, and then you set your TV set to Channel 3 or 4. All the new digital OTA channels are then received on Ch. 3 or 4. The remote works perfectly since it is talking to the converter box, not your TV set. You also don't need a TV with video and audio inputs for the digital box to work.

Any TV built since 1950 should work just fine, even if it is a B&W TV.

The converter boxes only cost $10 after the $40 coupon card the government provided to any household for free. I bought four Zenith digital converter boxes for $40 total. Two are still new and sealed in the box. Many like myself bought extra boxes and are now putting them on eBay for about $10 plus shipping. So if you ever decide you want digital TV (and multiple channels for each station, perfect pictures, etc.) it won't cost you much for free OTA digital quality TV, a $20 onetime expense for the converter, at the most.

[discouraged]

WhatMoney -I live in a city. My tv is an older model that did not use a remote so the converter with remote didn't/doesn't work. I could be technically chqllenged tho - lol.

I was going to get one that would work with it but actually find it refreshing not to have a tv. Didn't use it much, except for the news. I may get one again someday but not until I find a job. Food/shelter comes first.

[WhatMoney]

And I quit the tv when it went national and quit working. HMMM - the library sees a lot of me and the stereo works great. Miss the evening news, but there is the newspaper. This bankruptcy has really taught me how to be frugal!

Maybe you are in the boonies, but over-the-air television still works just fine, if you miss the local stations. And you can get a non-HD TV set for nearly nothing these days, since most need the digital converter box to work. (The converters are still available on eBay real cheap.) Of course you need some type of antenna. Locally here, a paper clip stuck in the antenna jack works fine. I get 28 stereo digital TV channels completely free OTA.

[discouraged]

OK - I'm not going to complain about my SLOWWWW 9.95 a month dial-up ever again. And I quit the tv when it went national and quit working. HMMM - the library sees a lot of me and the stereo works great. Miss the evening news, but there is the newspaper. This bankruptcy has really taught me how to be frugal!

[mijd]

Wow, conditions changed. My beef with a satellite company that I posted about in this thread just changed. I googled "problems" and read a blog where one person used the threat of arbitration to have his early termination fees credited. To me it seem like a lot of hoops to jump through, so I settled on filing a complaint with the BBB.
Within three weeks I had a reply in which the satellite company credited my early termination fee ($266.) and instructed their collection agency to stop hassling me and to also remove any derogatory report on my credit report. Can't believe the turn around in this company's customer service since Feb 2010. They also invited me back!!!

[BobMango]

I'm getting rid of DISH, can't get a decent signal and they want me to pay them to come fix their problem. Then when I ask to speak to a supervisor, they hang up on me. I'm more than happy to pay the cancellation fee to get them out of my life.

At any rate if you sign up for DIRECTTV right now through Costco, you get a $180 cash card to use at Costco. Plus if you have a friend with DIRECTTV you can give them their account # and you both get $10 off a month for 10 months.

I ordered DIRECTTV for 3 hd tvs, that includes their whole-house dvr and the total for the first 12 months is around $75 a month. That's for their next highest package and no premium channels. No installation fees but I do have to pay for one of the hd receivers, $99.00. Comcast was more than triple that, plus I would need a dvr for each TV. I liked Comcast when I had them, but they just cost way too much.

[Logan]

The new xfinity thing that comcast is doing isn't bad, but once all the promotional rates expire from satellite and the cost of adding internet on top of satellite, the difference isn't enough to make me switch.

I called Dish a couple of weeks ago and they wee much cheaper than comcast even after the expiration. Direct TV was more expensive.

My cable is cut for good on Sept 9th....Yipeeeee

No more tv in this household!

Logan

[bigtim6656]

I do not think we have every got a letter raising prices but maybe once a year. Everything goes up comcast, dish, direct, it all comes down to which a person has and that is what they notice.

[bigtim6656]

I agree, I have had comcast, dish network, and directtv. DISH WAS OK 89.99 for the first year with 2 dvrs and every channel. The issue is like any dish weather messes with the signal. When do we want to watch tv WHEN IT IS RAINING. Direct sucked channels sucked, service sucked. We ordered 2 dvrs and a high def box. When they hooked it up we ended up with 2 dvrs and a standrad box. When we called they said we could have 2 dvrs and a normal box or a dvr a high def dvr and a normal box, but not three dvr type boxs. ok well bring us our HD box, the issue was since they had installed it they wanted 400 bucks for a new dish and hook up for the HD.

Dad had it all pulled out and our money refunded.

Right now we use comcast and our bill is like 240 bucks, but that is every channel but one of the odd ball premium channels, 2 dvrs and one high def dvr, cable internet at the highest speed and phone. The 240 is after fees.

The new xfinity thing that comcast is doing isn't bad, but once all the promotional rates expire from satellite and the cost of adding internet on top of satellite, the difference isn't enough to make me switch.

[HHM]

The new xfinity thing that comcast is doing isn't bad, but once all the promotional rates expire from satellite and the cost of adding internet on top of satellite, the difference isn't enough to make me switch.

[HRx]

The HD quality and internet speed/reliability of the Comcast in my area isn't bad. But the price of having Comcast is absurd. It seems like I keep getting notices that prices will increase every month. lol

[nokia123]

I'm currently having Comcast and they're raising the bills for their services again. Wonder if AT&T u-verse is available in my area. Is there a way to check?

You can either call them or go to there web-site and put in your phone number and it will let you know if have the service in your area.

[wnguyen]

i use to have comcast, thank goodness at&t u-verse came out. I love them and i have no problem with them so far, way cheaper then comcast

I'm currently having Comcast and they're raising the bills for their services again. Wonder if AT&T u-verse is available in my area. Is there a way to check?

[mijd]

I'll show my age...lol.... I remember the debut of MTV. They played maybe 2 videos over and over again. HBO was offered with a tv set top box with a switch to go from cable to HBO. Weekdays HBO started at 6 pm and went off the air about 10pm or midnight. On weekends it started at 3pm and stayed on to 2am. It's true, a lot of cable networks had no commercials
In defense of cable companies, so called cable networks jack up their prices to cable companies who have no choice but to raise your monthly bill.
I switched to satellite in 1996 and paid $500.00 for a receiver and dish. At that time they had it all over cable. Through the years satellite providers (one in particular) has lost any sense of customer service. You have to be very alert to their contracts which are most of the time "oral" and legal. They trap you into 2 year contracts with insane early termination fees. There is no such thing as customer loyality... they stick you whether you've been with them 13 days or 13 years. At least Comcast doesn't have contracts for some services. Bright House is even offering to help pay early termination fees from satellite. When I sold my house in a short sale, I moved into an apt building that doesn't allow satellite dishes (as with some condo communities). I explained this to the satellite company that said it was NOT a reason to terminate my service early and would not waive the early termination fee. I had to add them to my bankruptcy.