[Neighbors] Comcast Rant

Wed Jan 20 20:22:01 MST 2016

I also 'cut the cable' and 'got rid of satellite'.  I had used Comcast, and
got very tired of their 'customer no-service' and very high prices.  I used
DirecTV for a couple of years, but after the incentives ended, so did the
lower prices.  I now use CenturyLink for my internet service.  I'm in Nob
Hill and CenturyLink recently upgraded so my internet connection is 40
Mpbs.  I call them once each year, and they give me a loyalty bonus so my
bill is about $20 per month.  For my TV, I have an indoor non-amplified
HDTV antenna.  I pick up all of the network channels crystal clear.  Some
friends in the Heights have a problem in that they do not have a clear line
of sight to the transmission towers on Sandia Peak.  I also purchased a
Roku streaming player.  There many free channels including lots of old
movie channels.  I love sports, so I do subscribe to Sling.  I pay under
$30 per month and get ESPN, ESPN2, TNT, TMC, AMC, History, History 2, A&E
and quite a few more basic cable networks.  I cannot record programs.  I am
told that there are devices I can purchase, but I have not found the need
to do that.

On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 7:12 PM, Stephen Mullens via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <
neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> James,
>
> Thanks for speaking up.  Comcast has been a source of angst for me for
> years. I spend hours getting my cable plan right sized and affordable as
> possible and within months they hike my rates again and I’m not talking
> about their introductory rates. After a few years of this I cancelled
> everything except the high speed internet, gave up cable programming, and
> am only using Netflix and Plex and amazon for my shows (which by the way
> the program options far exceed those of comcast).  Now my Comcast internet
> service is constantly having problems resulting in my spending hours on the
> phone with their tech support and many technician visits, some of which
> they schedule incorrectly.  And my monthly rates/their prices keep inching
> up. I’m on my second modem in two months and have been having to reset it
> 3-6 times per day for the last 4-6 weeks.  Everytime I call their tech
> support they try to upsell me on their bundled services (while my existing
> service with them isn’t working!!!). Today I finally took the time to
> explore alternative providers and found that CenturyLink can provide high
> speed internet to the nob hill area so I signed on with them hoping to
> never see another Comcast bill again after this last one.  Comcast sucks as
> a company and their services are over-priced and are not reliable.  I’d
> like to see them banned from the state (actually I’d like to see them go
> out of business they are heartless, ruthless, and greedy).  Thanks for
> opening the door for me to rant.
>
> Stephen Mullens
>
>
> On Jan 20, 2016, at 6:08 PM, JRB via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <
> neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
>
> Hello all - hope the New Year finds you well.  Here's my rant:  Comcast is
> charging me about $100 per month for basic service, which includes many
> garbage channels in which I have no interest/never watch.  I have no
> frills with my Comcast service, no HBO, no Sports Package, nothing but
> basic service.  Recently Comcast deleted channel 64 - TCM old movies- and
> now has deleted channel 47 - Spike old movies - from my basic service.
> (I'm an old movies guy). Yet the Comcast monthly fee continues to go up.
> Reason for my post:  I recently saw an article in the newspaper (I
> believe?)  concerning Comcast and the opportunity for public comments
> related to the renewal of its contract for  'service' in
> Albuquerque/Bernalillo County.  I would like to provide my two-cents but do
> not have the submission information. Can anyone out there help here with
> that information?  Thanks.
>
> James R. Beam
>
>
>
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