oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
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join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA
| reply to dadkins
Re: LOL!
Beats the $45 Comcast some users in my area pay, plus crappy CATV service, plus franchise fees, plus monthly usage caps, plus monthly usenet caps, plus crappy upload speeds, plus constant price increases...
Grass is always greener.
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
 ·Comcast
| What price increases? My Comcast HSI has been the same for 3 years now. 
My cable TV/HSI/Digital Phone service has NEVER been down.
Also, I have never seen these "caps" you speak of. YMMV.  |
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Ark
join:2002-06-08
Hudsonville, MI | I used to have Comcast, just for basic TV, for a outraguous $60/month after 3 price increases in only 1 year. The picture went out more than the Dish Networks TV I now enjoy for half the price. |
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
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join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA
1 edit | reply to dadkins
We got hit with the sweet 30% "How dare I not want CATV" price increase. And we ALL got a price increase when Comcast dropped their price in a single market in violation of Federal Law »'Discounted' Competition We should've gotten the same price.
As for outtages you need only see the CC forum. If your service is reliable...yer lucky. »**Network Outage Posts ONLY please!!** Part 2
As for nastygrams, you need only see the CC forum. »/r0/download/4···/aup.jpg As for seeing what the caps amounts are...of course...Comcast refuses to disclose them while still telling some users they're using too much of their 24/7 service.
As for usenet caps... »online.comcast.net/giganews/
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burgermeister
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join:2000-10-23
Utica, MI
| reply to dadkins
said by dadkins  :My cable TV/HSI/Digital Phone service has NEVER been down. Arggg, I still can't get up the nerve to go with Voice over IP. It still spooks me.
How long have you been using it? Do you have a regular line as backup?
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| reply to Ark
LOL! My CATV price has been $39.95 for quite some time now... HSI has *NOT* had a price increase.
My phone service is Comcast Digital(previously ATT Digital). SBC was regularly jacking their prices and constantly bad service(why do you think I dropped them?).
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| reply to oliphant
Look through MY posts, see how many complaints about MY Comcast service there are!
Comcast has a FEW customers(7 million?), plus Comcast is having to deal with thrashed/old lines that they did NOT lay thmselves that have needed maintinence for years(ATT's old lines).
Again, I haven't recieved these price increases you speak of!
As always, YMMV. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | reply to burgermeister
Not VoIP, Comcast Digital Phone Service(formerly ATT Digital Phone Service). It has been bulletproof since I got it 8? 10? years ago. 
Had it for years before HSI. |
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GemSnake
Premium
join:2000-10-19
3rd layer
clubs: 
| reply to dadkins
Well, i want YOUR service. I don't want the one where my CATV price went up $12 in 2 years, I want yours! Can you give it to me or should I start nagging Comcast?
P.S. Not all broadband created equal.
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Mr Anon
@172.16.x.x
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DO you have some special deal or something?
everyone has seen, heard, read about the price increases from just last year!
When I had attbi and they changed to comcast my bill with discount for antenna service went from about 45 to 60 a month, then suddenly my antenna service didn't count anymore and it jumped from 60 to 99 a month. We had service outages but most times they were usually at 3 to 5 AM. I was extreamly happy to be back in a DSL serviced area again.
Despite what I've just said they do have some advantages
Just as DSL does. I wouldn't go out my way to numerate them though, Digital Cable however is another story YUCK (Yeah yeah IP TV is going to be a mess too I don't even care about it)
The funniest thing of this story is that employees/retirees have to pay more! I don't know if there is an option to drop their discount and go for the deal, The price isn't too far off of this and there is no contract so there are some pluses. |
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Pz_
join:2001-03-31
Brownsburg, IN
clubs:
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I've had VOIP for about 2 years now. Its great, my SBC bill was ~40 bucks before I dropped it. Now my phone bill is like $15.00 for the same features I had before. No backup and if there are outages, I've never been effected by them. Then again, I'm not a heavy home phone user. My phone calls are something like
person calling me: "hey are you home, I was thinking of coming by"
me: "sure, I'll be here, come on over" |
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Your An IDIOT
@sbc.com | reply to Mr Anon
Now as everyone always bashes the SBC drones. I think he is a Comcast Drone. Wonder who signs his paycheck........... |
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Fobulous
Premium
join:2002-08-14
Missouri City, TX
clubs:
·Comcast
| reply to oliphant
said by oliphant :Beats the $45 Comcast some users in my area pay, plus crappy CATV service, plus franchise fees, plus monthly usage caps, plus monthly usenet caps, plus crappy upload speeds, plus constant price increases... Grass is always greener. WTF?! LOL where have you been?? haha I have Comcast HSI and upload is almost at 800. i know that i paid $10/month more for it but does SBC even have that?
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
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join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA
2 edits | SBC has unlimited use 3000/512 for $30 and 6000/608 (at least through their resellers) for $50. Verizon, my ILEC for my DSLX service has offered 3000/768 up for the last 4 months. I've had my 768 up since late October. I was lucky to get 220up when I was on the 3Mb CCHSI tier and now on the speed tier I'm still lucky to get 350up and still no sign of the speed increases.
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Fobulous
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join:2002-08-14
Missouri City, TX
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·Comcast
| said by oliphant :SBC has unlimited use 3000/512 for $30 and 6000/608 (at least through their resellers) for $50. Well the keyword is reseller..when one is in a SBC terroitory good luck on getting them! As for Verizon it's out of the question again if you are not part of their real esate..
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
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join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA
4 edits | Huh? What are you talking about. In order to get the 6000/608 plan through an SBC reseller like say DSL Extreme, you HAVE to be in SBC's service area. Just like my DSLx service. To get DSL I must go with the ILEC or the ILECs resellers and can only get those plans. I can't being in Verizon's service area get the SBC 6000/608 plan from DSLx. I have to choose those plans offered by Verizon whether it's 3000/768 or 7100/768 or whatever. Being in Verizon's area I can buy direct from Verizon, or through a reseller. Same for those in SBC's area. They can buy direct from SBC or buy from resellers.
Sorta like some Comcast and Time Warner markets. In some Comcast markets like I think Seattle you can get cable internet service delivered over Comcast lines from Comcast or Earthlink. The choice of content providers is even higher with Time Warner with Earthlink, RCN and RoadRunner being the content providers. Eventhough it's all basically the same service you may get different pricing and different perks. Same goes for DSL.
At the time I got 3000/768 I was actually with Verizon, but switched to DSLx 'cause Verizon didn't at the time direct sell 3000/768. But even with DSLx the lines were still Verizon, the phone service still Verizon, the CO still Verizon, everything Verizon, except the internet content provider.
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
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join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA
1 edit | reply to GemSnake
You're lucky. I had cancelled the CATV service when my CATV bill went up $17 over 18 months AND they removed programming I watched and put it on its own tier for which they wanted $5 on top of that. Then just 2 months after that I got a price increase letter saying that I have to pay an extra $14 a month because I wasn't a CATV subscriber making DBS not the great deal so I ended up getting blackmailed into going back to Comcrap. Most recently we lost our ATTBi news server access and now if you want to actually USE your usenet service you gotta get a 3rd party news server subscription. There's another $10-$25 a month depending on usage.
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starstuff
Fly By Wire
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join:2001-12-05
Mcallen, TX
| reply to Pz_
said by Pz_ :I've had VOIP for about 2 years now. Its great, my SBC bill was ~40 bucks before I dropped it. Now my phone bill is like $15.00 for the same features I had before. No backup and if there are outages, I've never been effected by them. Then again, I'm not a heavy home phone user. My phone calls are something like person calling me: "hey are you home, I was thinking of coming by" me: "sure, I'll be here, come on over" Yeah, pretty boring calls... have you tried those 900 numbers
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pacbowl
join:2005-02-12
Riverbank, CA | reply to dadkins
CHARTER just raised its prices to $49.99 thats ridicilous!!! Too bad SBC isnt in my area. |
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pacbowl
join:2005-02-12
Riverbank, CA |  reply to dadkins
DSL is not for U!! |
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