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JoelC707

join:2002-07-09
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reply to gaforces
Re: a la carte isn't the real reason

I'm not saying it didn't happen but that seems a bit strange for Comcast to turn everyone on for 30 days as a free trial. Besides, without a converter you can't get ANY digital, movie, or on demand channels. All you can get is the "expanded basic" lineup which are essentially the two-digit channels. Yes I know you can use a QAM tuner and get the unencrypted channels but I don't think that many people have those. I personally wouldn't be too impressed with that as a demo and I don't see them handing out an HD converter to everyone that says yes to the free trial.

Did this girl have any Comcast ID? Given she was walking around your property I'd be suspicious of a robbery attempt. There are only a few reasons why they would come onto your property. The two most notable are if you have a power supply on your property but they would have bought a small section of property from you and told you all of the details surrounding it at that time. The other reason would be if your drop/house has too much egress/ingress and is causing problems for others. But they would have disconnected it at the tap first and if that fixed the problem investigate further as a means of fixing the problem.


gaforces
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join:2002-04-07
Santa Cruz, CA
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She had the comcast shirt with a nametag, and 2 Comcast boom trucks out in the street waiting to hook me up

They have a specific longterm contract with the county, they pretty much go anywhere they want, usually its off some side street or parking lot so they can nap in thier trucks.
I was checking prices and they do have a $10.00 analog only connection now, with installation charge. OTA HDTV beats that anyways.
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reply to JoelC707
said by JoelC707 See Profile :

I'm not saying it didn't happen but that seems a bit strange for Comcast to turn everyone on for 30 days as a free trial.
Call Ripley... Yes - Comcast does do that in some areas... they will turn on areas for 30 days to try it out but it's usually in new home construction areas. Turning on other homes for 30 days is a BAD move.. you never know if you're going to turn a service on and send a fuzzy picture into the home because of a bad connection somewhere. but oh well.
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"At an acrimonious two-hour hearing that ended shortly before midnight, Jonathan S."

They WORKED for two HOURS???

That's the most surprising things I read.
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