en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
1 edit | Not surprising...
Gotta pay for that DOCSIS 3.0 and 'powerboost' as well as to subsidize the more competitive markets where FiOS is deployed.
If you don't like it... find another carrier/solution.
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Titus Pullo
I came, I saw, I slept
join:2004-06-26
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| They're pushing it
It's finally here: Basic cable (no box) will hit $60, and guess what? I'm gone. I pay $55 now for Comcast channels 2 to 70, so this price hike will likely have me on the phone to Dish. There's no sense in staying when I know the employee excuse is BS. They can absorb employee training and the hiring of new employees where needed without two rate hikes in one year.
These hikes are about not cutting into rapacious profits to go from half-assed service to quarter-assed service. If I thought for one minute that my service would actually improve -- no snowy picture or downtime with T-storms that take hours to come back up and phone drones (except to pay a bill -- they've got that sh_t down pat), then no problem. But for more of the same crap? No way. I've been down this road too many times. Fool me once, fool me ten times.
I dumped Comcast HSI when they took over Adelphia and I'll dump the TV too. If more people did this they'd lower their f'n rates faster than a powerboosted speedtest AND hire the techs they need for decent support.
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newview
Ex .. Ex .. Exactly
Premium
join:2001-10-01
Parsonsburg, MD | Boy, this takes the cake . . .
"Our customer service is lousy, so we gotta' raise prices".
Comcast will never run out of excuses for raising prices gouging customers. |
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cypherstream
Looking forward to the future of things.
Premium,MVM
join:2004-12-02
Reading, PA
clubs:
1 edit | Just got my letter today
Yeah got my letter today. Two months early. Last two years it was a January increase, this year the increase starts November 5th.
Here's some of the pricing scheme in my area:
Standard Cable $56.00
Digital Starter $58.00
Digital Preferred $71.95
Digital Preferred with 1 premium $86.50
Digital Preferred with 2 premiums $98.35
Digital Preferred Plus (HBO, Showtime, Starz) $107.45
Digital Premier (5 premium's) $117.90
The Movie channel is no longer bundled with Showtime at $18.95 a month. Now for a whopping $19.95 a month you can get 2 (count em') 2 SD channels by The Movie Channel! What a deal!  (Ok Borat, here is where you say NOT)
If you want Showtime and the Movie channel, it's gonna cost you $39.90! If you already subscribe to both you pay $28.95! Better cancel before November 5th, unless you really adore that package!
Additional SD Digital Boxes are $8.90 per outlet.
Additional HD Digital Boxes are $13.90 per outlet.
The first DVR is now $13.95. with each additional costing you $18.90.
Looks like if you have any Digital Preferred service with no DVR, you get 1 SD box free, or 1 HD box for $5.00. After that go by the additional box price I listed above.
No mention of CDV Voice pricing, but HSI is listed and that is unchanged. Most of the installation, troubleshooting, administrative, FCC User fee, franchise fee, etc.. are all increasing by some pocket change.
Luckily I'm in the $159.95 gets you everything promo package. Voice, 8mbps HSI, all 5 premiums and the $5 Sports Tier. I'll see an increase in my DVR fee and the FCC and tax crap.
When my promo pricing is done, I'll have to drop to just HBO and the standard HSI package. There's just no value at the regular price point. Our area is behind in terms of HD, and the on screen guide software plain ol stinks. |
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Mike
Premium,Mod
join:2000-09-17
Pittsburgh, PA
clubs:  | DTV 72 HDTV channels you say... |
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jgkolt
Premium
join:2004-02-21
Lakewood, OH
clubs: | or go with
the almost all new ATT Dish Network,well err coming soon?
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Chuckles
Premium
join:2006-03-04
Saint Paul, MN
| Common sense nullifier.
The common sense nullifier they have hooked into the phone system that causes customers and representatives alike to behave like three year old cavemen is becoming more costly.
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Rick
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
clubs:
| reply to Titus Pullo
Re: They're pushing it
said by Titus Pullo  :There's no sense in staying when I know the employee excuse is BS. I can't speak for your area not even knowing where it is but can say that here in Ct., they seem to be hiring like mad and advertising for openings every hour on the hour on TV even.
They even opened a new tech call center that I drove by recently.
So, from that perspective, it does appear that they're trying to improve service and add more staffing.
Personally, I've found their values are much better when you add and combine services. If you ask for them, they also have triple play deals for current customers that you can take advantage of. The last one they offered me was digital TV, 2 premiums..phone..hsi for 129.00.
There's certainly a lot more value in that rather than an a la carte standard service for 50 or 60 bucks.
Here's how I look at it. Is 4 bucks and change per day for all that worth it? I sure think so..and that's what it amounts to when you break it down that way.
Where else in this world do you get all that value and entertainment, hsi speeds..phone service..digital tv..premiums..for what amounts to less than half the price of one movie ticket? And..a cheap ticket at that.
Heck..that's not even going to cover the price of a bucket of popcorn anymore going out to a theater.
Honestly, I think people need to rethink this this way and maybe they'll see it's really quite a value after all.
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DT
Premium
join:2001-11-19
Pittston, PA | great!
wonderfull!
my basic is going from $54.00 to $57.70
digital cable $11.95 to $14.95
1st hd dvr $16.95 to $20.45
2nd hd dvr $21.90 to $25.40
thank god the net isnt going up! staying at $42.95 |
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Rick
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
clubs:
| reply to cypherstream
Re: Just got my letter today
They'll most likely renegotiate that 159.00 promo with you when your time is up. When you're taking everything they've got is when they can be the most flexible it appears.
Heck, even the brochure here in Ct. says that at the end of it...call them and they'll give you a "loyalty discount" rather than have it revert to regular pricing.
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
 ·Comcast
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Re: Boy, this takes the cake . . .
Nor will they ever have good service!
I haven't seen this rate increase in Chicago...but it's just a matter of time. Then it will bye bye Comcrap.
This story makes me want to cancel them now!
Soon Comcrap...soon!
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rody_44
Premium
join:2004-02-20
Quakertown, PA | contract price
sure glad i signed my two year contract only about 6 months ago. that leaves me with a solid 129 a month for the triple play with all premiums. still the best deal i have found. |
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i1me2ao
Premium
join:2001-03-03
TEXAS | this is a rip.
they are not improving anything. just more spanish channels and crap noone wants..
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ace1974
join:2007-06-09
Goldsboro, NC
| Pathetic!!
I know when I was working for Cox they told us that its a guarantee that every major cable company will raise prices at least once or twice for the next ten years...Now you van only imagine what you will be paying 3-4 years from now just to get basic cable service,,thats not even including adding premiums.. |
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jay608
Going Nucking Futs
join:2007-01-22
Chicago, IL | Employee Disc,
How about getting rid of the Employee discount, instead of paying 8 or 10 bucks for ALL of the channels, and 5 or 6 bucks for the Highest speed internet you can get. Start paying at least 80% of what the monthly bill would be. |
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CableGuy9564
join:2007-10-05
White Lake, MI
1 edit | Hiring?
We don't have enough work in our area now for all the inhouse and contractors!
(idont know how this got here was supposed to go in a different thread) |
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Titus Pullo
I came, I saw, I slept
join:2004-06-26
·Embarq
| reply to Rick
Re: They're pushing it
said by Rick :said by Titus Pullo :There's no sense in staying when I know the employee excuse is BS. Personally, I've found their values are much better when you add and combine services. If you ask for them, they also have triple play deals for current customers that you can take advantage of. The last one they offered me was digital TV, 2 premiums..phone..hsi for 129.00. There's certainly a lot more value in that rather than an a la carte standard service for 50 or 60 bucks. Honestly, I think people need to rethink this this way and maybe they'll see it's really quite a value after all. Bundling is how they keep you on the hook: Retention in areas with competition is a lock once they have you with phone, internet and tv through the same company. Once you unhook from one service, it's easy to dump the whole shebang or one at a time. And, yes, the single charge for one service is pure penalty for not buying the bundle. And that's a fact. But the TV rate WAS in line with Dish. Not any more.
I value uptime/reliability. Comcast's uptime and QoS in my area isn't terrible, but it isn't that good either.
By comparison, my DSL service has been down once in a year's time and the landline has never been down. Add my cell to the mix and I don't need Comcast's $100+ bundle for per one year unreliable introductory rip-off service. The TV here is _TERRIBLE_ --Snowy analog and compressed digital (I've seen the latter but don't, and won't, pay for it).
If you're happy then I'm happy for you. But I'm not paying another rate hike to a company to hire the help they should have had to begin with given their rates and profit margins.
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Shills
@rr.com
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dnoyeB
| What is more amusing than the yearly 3X inflation increases
are the cable shills who will make excuses for it. |
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damox
Premium
join:2002-01-07
Olympia, WA
·Comcast Formerly ..
| reply to jay608
Re: Employee Disc,
The thing about the employee discount is that perhaps Comcast can get away with paying their employees less by giving them a big discount on Comcast products. I don't think that their discount makes much difference on the price the actual customer pays. Comcast is going to charge what they can get away with!
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damox
Premium
join:2002-01-07
Olympia, WA
·Comcast Formerly ..
| reply to i1me2ao
Re: this is a rip.
said by i1me2ao :they are not improving anything. just more spanish channels and crap noone wants.. Of course, for those who speak Spanish as their first language, more Spanish speaking stations might be a desirable thing. I wonder what percentage of Comcast users speak Spanish as their first language.
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