Verizon Taunts Comcast For Consumerist 'Worst Company' Award

said by Steve B:

All the ballyhoo for Xfinity turned out to be for nothing...lmao

said by caco:

I take issue with your liberal use of the words savvy and fact. That poll was a popularity contest and nothing else.

said by 56403739:

I take issue with cable insiders and apologists attacking anyone who dares criticize their baby.

said by 56403739:

And yet, despite your pro-cable-biased diatribe, Verizon was not voted "worst company in America" by a very savvy readership. And they beat one of the worst banks in the world too!

said by 56403739:

More than this place's readership.

said by Steve B:

All the ballyhoo for Xfinity turned out to be for nothing...lmao

said by fiberguy:

Hey.. don't forget, and correct me where I'm wrong, but I seem to recall Verizon getting a BUTT-LOAD of money from tax payers years ago and not doing what they were supposed to with it..

said by baineschile:

Well said. If one goes to the consumerist and reads the other stories about banks forclosing on a wrong home and throwing away all of the persons posessions doensnt really pale in comparison to a late technician (though that is frustrating)

said by sonicmerlin:

Oh please. Save me the praise. If you compare a mouse to an flea even the mouse seems gigantic.

Comparing an internet company to banks that manage people's financial resources is completely asinine. It's a pathetically apologetic approach to what happens to be an atrocious ISP. There's no doubt if open access were enforced on both cable and DSL these companies would immediately shape up in light of the competitive pressure.

said by LeftOfSanity:

That's all well and all, but it wasn't "Worst Telecom/ISP/Cable Company" it was "Worst Company".

That's asinine.

said by jus10:

And in terms of pot calling kettle black, hello Verizon? You have no place to talk as most of the criticisms Comcast would face, you have too. Expensive, questionable service at times. Have you ever talked to VZ's billing department? It's the phone equivalent of Labyrinth designed by MC Escher. I moved from one side of an apartment complex to another, they couldn't move my DSL as they said Fios was available and then it turned out it wasn't installable. That's how I ended up on Comcast again.

Worry about getting your own house in order before gloating over your perceived superiority to competitor.

said by theticket :

So Comcast is a bad company because they offer you loyalty discounts?

said by HillRock:

That is why they do not like competition. Comcast will be dead if there is more choice.

said by qworster:

Comcrap blows-and anyone who thinks otherwise is a corporate tool-who enjoys pain (and is willing to PAY for it)!

Their customer service sits at rock bottom and rather then trying to improve it (as others are doing) instead they change their name-hoping by doing that the piss poor reputation will stay with the old name. It's like putting garbage in a box and gift wrapping it pretty-the garbage is still inside, despite how pretty it looks on the outside!

said by Morac:

That was last year though. AIG "won".

said by Morac:

I've been hearing Comcast's Xfinitiy radio ads recently where they rag on Verizon's recent commercials. Comcast makes a number of false statements in their ad:

1. They claim Xfinity is a complete network upgrade. - False
2. They claim Xfinity has the best HD picture quality - Totally false
3. They claim to have "the most HD" - True only if you use Comcast's warped definition.

BTW for those keeping track Comcast came in 2nd place last year. AIG beat them out.

said by fiberguy:

1) How do you know. Xfinity, as how Comcast defines it, IS a complete network 'upgrade'..

2) They ALL claim they have the "best HD picture quality".. opinion advertising is perfectly fine. While we're talking about customer perception, that's all that matters. In the end, it's all about a matter of opinion. This doesn't reflect MY opinion, I'm just saying..

3) Again, "the most HD" again is a matter of opinion. And, I'm sorry to say, it's not "Comcast's *warped* definition" as if you look in the dictionary, they used the term "the most HD CHOICES".. if you're going to sit here and try to judge someone or anything in particular, you yourself need to get your house and facts in order. The keyword here is "HD CHOICES" which by all definition IS factually correct. It's no one's fault but the person receiving the message if they aren't intelligent enough to understand plain English. It's also not anyone's place to ASSUME what the receiving person's interpretation is going to be.

However, you sit here in the pursuit of of making false statements and you yourself aren't doing so well either, on merits alone.

said by fiberguy:

And I'm not going to discuss the "more HD CHOICES" any more with anyone that's trying to go past the basic definition. It's no one's fault, but yours, if you can't speak and apply English correctly. You're now trying to use the word CHANNEL while Comcast is using CHOICES. Think about it. And even then, Comcast has a larger VOD library than ANY provider.. And, while you're trying to make a point in terminology, you're sitting here trying to back up a satellite provider's so-called OnDemand service with that of Cable. If what Satellite calles OnDemand is in fact "OnDemand" as what the industry has long defined it as, then Comcast truly does have more "HD CHOICES".. you can't define things to suit your needs. Go by the way our language defines them.. and spend less time trying to make up new definitions based on motives you THINK are out there.. you'll only make yourself paranoid in the long run. I THINK you're more intelligent than that.

said by titoyay222:

Once again people think just because THEY have had great service that everybody else must have such a comcastic experience as they have had.