| So... Can i expect to see better TV service and increased internet access speeds as a result of some kind of investment in infrastructure? And PLEASE update the software on the cable boxes!
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| no, this is an article about Comcast  You can look forward to caps and all the usual crap they pull. Your only hope in a speed increase is to live in an area with FiOS or U-Verse. Comcast is all about giving as little service as possible for as much money as they can extract. You gotta give them credit, they're good at big business. They are big business. 
"Finishing second in the Worst Company In America contest hasn't slowed down Comcast's money making machine."
Source: »consumerist.com/5030893/
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 badtripI heart the East BayPremium
join:2004-03-20
Albany, CA | reply to canesfan2001
said by canesfan2001:Can i expect to see better TV service and increased internet access speeds as a result of some kind of investment in infrastructure? And PLEASE update the software on the cable boxes! Sorry but you will likely see a decrease in picture quality as Comcast stuffs more shopping and religious channels into their lineup without allocating more bandwith to their video streams.
You will probably also see a lot more friendly communication from Comcast in the form of warning letters as you puncture their usage caps watching streaming video and downloading games/demos/movies to your various consoles and or computer.
They lost 138,000 basic cable subscribers...so what? I'd like to see how many digital cable subscribers are jumping ship to go with satellite or something else.
FTFA: "Comcast added 320,000 digital cable customers in the second quarter of 2008, below the 823,000 digital cable customers added in the same period one year ago. This deceleration was anticipated and reflects the significant deployment of digital boxes in the second quarter of 2007 in advance of a July 1st regulatory deadline."
This is telling. That's one hell of a "deceleration" and shows that "new Comcast subscribers" are just "old Comcast subscribers" churning subscriptions. |
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 jt1
@comcast.net | reply to johndoe303
you cant say fios or uverse is great to. fios cant bill right and have a hard time putting promos on the accounts. uverse really suck. my friend had it for one week then canceled it. when he turned on his tv his internet speed drop by half. that is why happens when you share bandwidth. he also has three hd tvs witch you cant watch at once. |
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 CheesePremium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
kudos:1
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said by johndoe303:no, this is an article about Comcast You can look forward to caps and all the usual crap they pull. Your only hope in a speed increase is to live in an area with FiOS or U-Verse. Comcast is all about giving as little service as possible for as much money as they can extract. You gotta give them credit, they're good at big business. They are big business. "Finishing second in the Worst Company In America contest hasn't slowed down Comcast's money making machine." Source: » consumerist.com/5030893/ They upgraded my upload to 2mbps and no other competition except Embarq. |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3
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This whole website is becoming obsolete. Its almost time to change the news posting methods. Maybe it should be the story as posted now, and then Karl should simply post a talking point memo in return including the BBR greatest hits:
1) Here come caps
2) I'll get to my caps faster
3) The guide sucks
4) My tech killed my dog.. and quite possibly my sex life
5) They bought a TV for their building
6) Brian Roberts is Hitler
7) Comcast is the anti-christ
.. and the ever so popular...
8) I wish I had FiOS!
and many more...
For one, it would be a benefit..
Carpel tunnel would go on a decline, and, since people are posting the same responses to every post about cable, well, everyone would be doing their part, little by little, in reducing their broadband foot print making the world a better place to match the so-called global warming epidemic. Frontier users, of all, should take this serious as every message pushes them closer to that 5gb cap!! I mean, it's all been said before anyway... |
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CheesePremium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
kudos:1 | reply to fiberguy
Re: So... So if I drop back down to 6/1, this will help global warming?  |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 |  Yes.. the polar ice caps will once again cover the top half of the earth! Move to dial up and we'll go back into an ice age!  |
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Yep, the prohibition on repetition would essentially shutdown the Internet: everyone would turn off their computers, and the electrical power crisis would be averted...
Stop the Internet, I want to get off! |
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