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Re: interesting comments so far
said by rit56  :the inside wiring thing is a perfect example. they wire it into your home and they own it. you rent it from them. so if it breaks and if you don't buy insurance than you have to pay them to repair their faulty equipment? Lets not fool ourselves here....Inside wiring (Coax, Cat3, cat5, etc) DOESN'T just cease to stop working on its own. There has to be some form of influence from somebody or something to cause it to have a problem. Outside cabling could have a problem from the elements, especially if a animal such as a gopher, squirrel, rabbit, etc chews on the line to cause damage. Additionally the equipment is fairly solid aswell, but as its electronic things can and do go wrong occasionally from time to time. I currently have Comcast and Dish Network, and neither of them have charged me for problems not caused by me. By that I mean as long as I didnt drill through a cable inside the house, try to move stuff around on my own, or anything similar, any problems have always been fixed for free. Comcast had to replace the line to my house once, and replace a outlet in my basement once. No charge either time. Dish had to replace a LNB that retained water everytime it rained, and they also replaced a VIP622 DVR once as well and I wasnt charged for those jobs either time.
I do agree that the $90 to show up and $180 a hour is overly excessive, but that information is readily available when you sign up for service and if you didn't like the terms/prices at that point in time, that would have been a great time to not get the services installed. |
