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| The governor has said, estimating that the tax breaks could bring anywhere from 1,000 to 4,000 new cable jobs to the area.Thats a great deal NOT.!Sounds more like a political pay back then anyting else to the corporate goons who supported Rendell.Actually Rendell and menbers of congress & senate are just like comcast.Voting themselves big pay hikes every year.While the taxpayers continually get shafted.Hey Rendell why dont You and the politicans take a paycut instead of placing the onus on the taxpayers.? People were warned about this goofball,yet he was still voted into office.WTF. He is a generous democrat all right for the rich or richest.).Thank GOD those Republicians threw a wrench into his plans.We suffered one verizon ordeal already.Now tax breaks to a company that has $54 Billion plus intrest.Thats just what they offered to purchase Disney.I'm pretty sure they got fatter cash cows with MORE $$$$collecting intrest in a bank someplace. To offer a deal like that. Thanks tax and spendell.Vote the bum out.Better idea yet
give that tax break to the workin stiffs.Who are buttering yours and comcastd bread.? F'n jerk /rant off | |
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@208.17.x.x | Re: QUADRUPLES??? Waahhh...
the 4000 jobs might not interest you...But someone out there needs it. | |
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| Re: QUADRUPLES??? Yes those 4000 jobs do concern me.However if comcast follows the lead of other service providers.Most if not all of those 4000 jobs will go to overseas tech support agents.Who recieve 2 weeks job training,which includes learning the English language within that time frame.A big tax break to an already wealthy corporation (remember disney offer).So the Government can pat itself on the back and say.I created 4000 new jobs.?
WTF business is it of governments creating jobs.?The Gov. cant create wealth it can however redistribute as is often the case.In another words a giant corporation like comcast can create those jobs without recieving special perks and tax cuts.Perhaps comcast DID need gov. handouts to be as profitable as they are today.? me thinks not.! Market demand will create that by itself.Not with the help of rendell.The top piker c.e.o's just want to pat the bottom line at the expense of already overtaxed citizens and nothing else | |
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@208.17.x.x | Re: QUADRUPLES??? 100% of Comcasts call centers are in North America. 90% are in USA. Comcast does use 2 outsource companies that are in canada, and they are only for high volume times.
So they will not ship any support overseas like Dell,AOL,Gateway, etc. | |
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Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Re: QUADRUPLES??? At least not yet | |
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Love it, Hate it.
join:2003-07-10
Baltimore, MD | Re: QUADRUPLES??? Comcast has supported its local area here in Baltimore vary well they created a nice bit of new jobs they also have helped fund allot of local things here in Baltimore so it could be a good thing maby in the end. | |
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Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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| said by guitarzan  :Thanks tax and spendell.Vote the bum out. I agree. Ed Rendell was an excellent mayor of Philadelphia, and that stands even when you don't juxtapose him with lousy mayors like W. Wilson Goode and John F. Street. But he's been a lousy governor.
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join:2004-05-04
Skytop, PA
·epix
| »www.politicspa.com/Press_Release···gop2.htm
April 14, 2005 Contact: Josh Wilson
For Immediate Release (717) 234-4901
PA GOP: Rendell Tax Counter Hits $3.4 Billion
Harrisburg – In observance of Tax Day tomorrow, the Pennsylvania Republican Party highlighted the $3.4 billion in savings secured by Senate and House Republicans on behalf of Pennsylvania’s income tax payers during their fight against Governor Ed Rendell’s massive 35% proposed tax increase.
“Without Republicans in the House and Senate fighting the Governor’s proposed personal income tax increase, Pennsylvanians would have paid an additional $3.4 billion in taxes since Mr. Rendell took office,” noted Republican State Committee Chair Eileen Melvin. “That figure skyrockets when you consider all the other taxes -- on things like business and manufacturing, garbage collection, traffic tickets and beer -- that our governor has tried to raise.”
Just yesterday, Republicans in the General Assembly were successful in defeating Gov. Rendell’s proposed ‘Manufacturing’ and household garbage tax increases.
The Governor’s economic ineptitude was further spotlighted earlier this year by the independent Cato Institute, which gave Governor Rendell an “F” grade for his management of Pennsylvanians’ hard-earned tax dollars. The woeful mark, which signified Gov. Rendell’s insatiable appetite for tax and spending increases, was shared by only four other Governors in the country.
By contrast, Chairman Melvin acknowledged the overwhelming benefits President Bush’s tax policies have brought to taxpayers.
“More than 4.6 million taxpayers and 900,000 small businesses in Pennsylvania have seen their federal income tax bills reduced because of President Bush’s tax relief plan,” Melvin added. “Unfortunately, Governor Rendell has failed to follow the President’s lead.”
The Governor Rendell Tax Counter can be found on the Republican State Committee’s website at www.pagop.org.
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Too Many Cannibals
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Erie, PA | Re: QUADRUPLES??? Speaking as a Pennsylvanian:
You know your a bad governor when you make the PA house and senate look good.
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clubs:  | Re: argh Why would they? This shows that people willing to and are paying $45 for their cable internet.
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Wheeling, IL | Re: argh When you only have one option, the choice isn't that hard to make. | |
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| Re: argh Is that the best you DSL fanboys can come back with? "Well its the only choice"
What percent of Comcast's customers do you believ have no other choice?
And what percent of thier customers do you believe have another choice, now you might want to sit, And stay anyway?? or if you can fathom the thought, actually enjoy the service? | |
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What? You Say It's Fixed. Hah
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2008 Calder Cup Champions
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Crystal Lake, IL | Re: argh No choice either. | |
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Chesapeake, VA | Re: argh Bullshit...you can choose to not subscribe to their service. It is apparently subscription-worthy to you. | |
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join:2001-02-12
Reisterstown, MD | Re: argh No i think the proper response is 'its the lessor of two evils'.
Comcast rips people off.
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join:2004-02-02
Encino, CA
| You obviously don't understand consumers, do you? They either go with a craptastic 56k connection, or get the Comcrap line at the $45 a month rate broadband...and obviously some have chosen to take ANY broadband over none at all. Personally, I'd say that's a wise choice...I think I'd have to sell my leg if they were going to take me back into dial-up hell.
I'd love to hear from any customers who actually have a choice in this matter, and for whatever reason, decide to still take it up the tailpipe with Comcast. I do believe that number is relatively few, from word-of-mouth experiences. | |
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| No Choice? I have choice of broadband. I can choose between Qwest's DSL, DNS-LLC Broadband (was Britsys), Comcast, dialup, and my cell's internet service.
I chose both Comcast and my Cell's Service. Why?
1) I happen to like comcast. I do not 'take it up the tailpipe', as you like to say. $45 per month for 4 megabit broadband is a fair price in my book (sure beats paying $25 per month for a second phone line and $20 a month for an ISP.) I do not suffer from bandwidth caps (probably because I am not uploading and downloading full-throttle 24 hours a day, peaking out the network in my node and possibly helping overload all the other nodes). I have not had a severe outage since I started using the service. I understand I'm not paying for a constantly up pipe (you generally have a $500+ a month bill for a 1.5MBit service that has near 100% guaranteed up time...).
2) I keep my cell phone ISP for those times that I browse the internet on the bus or when I'm car-pooling.
$70 per month for Internet is not a bad value at all. In fact, for the redundancy that my cell's internet offers and the convenience to browse on the bus, adding in a blazing fast pipe at my house, means that I have a faster connection that is only marginally less reliable than a T1 line for a fraction of the cost. If this is too much for you, then you really have no choice.
Everyone should remember: Broadband is a want, in the vast majority of cases. Unless you run a home business that requires broadband access, you do not have to have broadband, no matter what you think. If Comcast charges too much in your opinion for the service they provide, look elsewhere. If you can't decide whether or not $50 per month is worth 3mb. If it's not, then loose it. If it is, well, you just answered your question. The service has value.
Now you can say you have one word of mouth experience with someone who willingly 'takes it in the tailpipe'...aka pays what Comcast thinks their service is worth because he agrees with it. Have a nice day... | |
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| Re: No Choice? said by Jeremy in Denver:
I do not suffer from bandwidth caps (probably because I am not uploading and downloading full-throttle 24 hours a day, peaking out the network in my node and possibly helping overload all the other nodes).
You see, on my DSL, I don't even have to worry about hitting bandwidth caps. I have yet to hear any customer on my service getting an "abusive user" letter. The sheer fact that you have to watch yourself is enough to have me not sign up under a cable ISP.
said by Jeremy in Denver:
I understand I'm not paying for a constantly up pipe (you generally have a $500+ a month bill for a 1.5MBit service that has near 100% guaranteed up time...)
I do? Hmm...last time I got my bill, it was for $42-43...but that's because I have a 3.0 MBit service AND a static IP package. I don't have a "guaranteed uptime" clause as a residential customer, but it's uptime has been beyond satisfactory for my needs.
said by Jeremy in Denver:
Now you can say you have one word of mouth experience with someone who willingly 'takes it in the tailpipe'.
First off, this is not "just one guy". Drop by some of the "Unhappy Camper" reviews of Comcast, for one...and also from word of mouth from several of my online contacts. Whenever I hear Comcast, it's referred to as "crap", and that the only reason they hang on is due to no competition.
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| Re: No Choice? So your only going by the people that complain here? Well that tells that. there are plenty of people that complain about SBC,Verizon,Qwest...and before you say there is more from comcast, well comcast has many more subscribers.
I have been downloading hundreds of gigs a month for over a year and haven't received a letter. That sheer fact, as you call it, is a reason for you not to sign up?lame...I personally would find out for myself before i would listen to a bunch of people that complain.
I always max out my 6Mb download, when downloading from newsgroups. Most of the people who complain about speed is either their system, or are going by speed tests on the opposite side of the country. Java at that. I have had Comcast in 6 different locations over 3 different states. Never had any type of speed problem.
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| "You see, on my DSL, I don't even have to worry about hitting bandwidth caps. I have yet to hear any customer on my service getting an "abusive user" letter. The sheer fact that you have to watch yourself is enough to have me not sign up under a cable ISP."
That's just it. I don't have to watch myself. Bandwidth caps are a sad fact of life on many ISPs, both DSL and Cable (and Satellite as well). These kind of things are necessitated by the folks who believe it's their god-given right to download and upload at the full bandwidth allocated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It's this mentality that necessitates caps....not in bandwidth per unit of time, but in total capacity transferred.
Fast bandwidth is to allow you to download a 200MB trailer or demo in minutes instead of hours. Some people mistakenly believe that since you're given the ability to download 200MB trailers in minutes, you should be able to download gobs of these trailers...or porno films...or copyrighted material. These people are similar to the kinds of people who would walk into my store and demand a USB2.0 front panel connector for a case two years after he bought it 'under warranty'. These people are similar to the kind of people who write bad checks on purpose. I.E., these are the people who take advantage of the system, making so that those in charge of the system have to institute rules that affect us all. Rules like having to follow strict rules on warranty service or returns. Rules like not being able to write checks because the company no longer accepts them, or having to provide several forms of identification. And rules that say if you become a pill on the internet with things like spewing viruses, downloading gobs of stuff (most of that illegal stuff), and in general overtaxing the service and requiring upgrades that will force our prices up, you loose your service. Some companies are more open about their policies than others. Other companies try to keep the mark mobile so as to not scare off customers. And others are hush-hush about terminating troublemakers. I guarantee you, your DSL company will cut your service if you abuse it just as fast as Comcast will. And as I said about those who demanded Comcast give them hard and fast limits on how much you can transfer in a day/week/month, if Comcast is forced by its customers to make hard and fast limits, NO one will enjoy it...and I will not hold Comcast responsible for hard-caps if they come to do that, I will hold those who forced their hands into it.
"I do? Hmm...last time I got my bill, it was for $42-43...but that's because I have a 3.0 MBit service AND a static IP package. I don't have a "guaranteed uptime" clause as a residential customer, but it's uptime has been beyond satisfactory for my needs."
Thank you for making my point exactly. You don't have 'Guaranteed Uptime'. Therefor, you have to pay the $500 for the above service. Though this brings up a question for me:
You have to spend $42 per month for your service. I have to spend $45. Why are you saying my service is too expensive. Is $3 really THAT important? That's not even a half hour of work for me right now, and eventually, it may not even be 10 minutes of work. Is $45 really THAT bad?
"First off, this is not "just one guy". Drop by some of the "Unhappy Camper" reviews of Comcast, for one...and also from word of mouth from several of my online contacts. Whenever I hear Comcast, it's referred to as "crap", and that the only reason they hang on is due to no competition."
I've actually been reading DSL reports for some time. Don't let the anonymous name fool you, I'm just too lazy to register. As of today, Comcast has a 68% rating. In my book, that's pretty good, especially given humankind's regrettable general tendencies to withhold praise and give criticism quickly. I'm one of those who believes the good should be complimented even as the bad is criticized. I'm not known for staying with bad companies. Just ask Bellsouth, Bank One, and Compass Bank. But those who treat me right have me as a loyal customer. Just ask T-Mobile, Eatel (though I'm no longer with them as I moved away from their service area), Telocity (God Rest their Soul), and DirectTV (though the way they handled getting out of the DSL business left a veeeery bad taste in my mouth...), LaCapitol FCU, and AimCo Properties. Oh, yeah, that list includes Comcast as well.
"I'm glad you're happy with being lifted, but to each their own."
Somehow I don't think you agree with 'to each their own'. Just judging on how quickly you jumped on my post.
I responded to your post because you called for someone who has a choice to come forward and support Comcast. There you go. I'm here. I have accepted your challenge.
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| Re: No Choice? you should read your own post... your analogies dont hold water and AGAIN this has been said over and over..... if you pay for unlimited internet and you then use it as such and then get the boot then its not your fault at all... now they should just state that they have caps and how they weak instead of some crazy-ass TOS that basically tells you that you have 0 rights.... if they only disclosed their caps and were open about it so that the customer could make an informed case then i dont think many people would be so hard on them and again theres no such thing as a bandwidth hog on a supposedly unlimited connection and this is where DSL is the better technology for unlimited connections as it isnt shared until it hits the CO | |
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| Re: No Choice? And I say this again.
I do not agree that you should be given an 'all you can eat' connection. It's been said time and time again, when you price out the bandwidth, keeping a constant 4000 down and 384 up connection going full throttle (in many cases all day long for weeks at a time!), you end up with way more than $45. Many European services charge by the megabyte. Would you prefer that?
I don't want Comcast to say 'You can only download x GB per month'. I want them to say, "Download as much as you like, but please, don't overload our networks and affect everyone else with your browsing habits." I want them to give this to me for $45, not be forced to say, "Ok, now that we have people abusing our service, we're going to buy bandwidth enough for everyone to have the ability to go full out. Your bills are now $395 per month," or worse, start charging per megabyte. I like being able to download heavy for some months, and make up for it on other months when I don't need the service as much. Caps hurt everyone. Jerks sucking down bandwidth like it's the only care in the world hurt everyone. Soft Caps WITH WARNING LETTERS hurt only the jerks who suck down the bandwidth with no concideration to those around. Enough with the "Me! Me! Me!" I grow tired of it. If it weren't for the "me!" people, I'd still be able to write checks to alot of places. I'd still be able to TAKE checks. AND I'd not feel like the bad guy every time something needs warranty service.
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join:2001-03-24
Newnan, GA
| Yes, I can choose to subscribe or not, but I have no other choices for broadband unless I want to get a phone line from BellSouth and end up paying more per month for DSL+phone line than I do for cable modem alone. Not to mention I've been using my cell phone as my home telephone for the past 3 years. | |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| said by DSLPLEASE:
Is that the best you DSL fanboys can come back with? "Well its the only choice" Its not Comcast's fault that the telegraph companies are too cheap to expand broadband service. Comcast is entitled to every penny they earned because unlike the telegraph companies, they actually expanded service offerings to more customers.
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join:2001-08-17
Wheeling, IL
| said by DSLPLEASE:
Is that the best you DSL fanboys can come back with? "Well its the only choice"
And what percent of thier customers do you believe have another choice, now you might want to sit, And stay anyway?? or if you can fathom the thought, actually enjoy the service? Personally, I enjoy (well, enjoyed) Comcast's service, but there is no competition in a sizable portion of their controlling network. I'm not a "fan boy" of DSL, as I'd rather have Comcast, but when there *IS* no other choice (either I can have the 'net, or I can't have the 'net isn't a "choice"), it is really hard to say, "I like your service, but I'd rather go with the other guy in town for $10 less per month." | |
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join:2002-01-31
Richmond, VA | I had no choice. Cable was expensive, but it was the only game in town. When Verizon recently was able to reach my house with DSL, I jumped ship and went with Verizon. At 29.99 a month, I hope not to look back! | |
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Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| said by staticx57 :and yet they are still to cheap to provide decent service at reasonable prices compared to DSL. Their services are cheaper compared to DSL. If I wanted to switch from Comcast HSI to Verizon DSL, I would have to spend extra money on a telegraph line that I do not currently need in addition to the monthly charge for for DSL. So $20-$30 for the telegraph line + $30 minimum for DSL service itself would run be $50-$60 for high speed internet service that I currently get for $43.
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Sebastian
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New Haven, CT
| i pay $52 for 6mbit/768. also have the 3mbit/384 for $42. which isn't that bad.
their basic cable however is a rip off.. i was paying almost $60 just for basic cable with like 60 channels..
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What? You Say It's Fixed. Hah
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Cyberspace
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| Re: arghThat's not basic cable. Depending upon your area, basic cable only includes the broadcast networks (FOX, NBC, CBS, ABC, UPN, WB, PAX, etc.) and some Comcast programming.
Basic cable will run between $9-$20 per Month.
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J D McDorce
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join:2001-12-29
Westland, MI
| Re: argh said by systems2000 :Basic cable will run between $9-$20 per Month. Some markets refer to that as Limited Basic. Over the course of time, I have seen the terms Basic, Limited Basic, Extended Basic, Expanded Basic, Basic 1, Basic 2, and Basic 3 appear on cable bills. It makes it a little difficult to obtain a clear understand of what "Basic" Cable entails. | |
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Geminimind
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join:2003-12-20
Sacramento, CA | Tell me about it that's why I left them.Comcast had the worst customer service. When I cancelled them they owed me $50 in overcharges so that's why Thier profits quadruple because of rate hikes and overcharging customers. | |
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join:2003-04-29
Knoxville, TN
| I've done tech support for Comcast and Bellsouth. Comcast has better service than dsl could hope for, as well as twice the speed for less money. So what are you griping about? That you aren't spending $45/month for 1.5Mbps? That you aren't getting to spend $80 per 1/2 hour for service calls? I suppose you could get dialup-it's cheap and aggravating.
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52 Still On Patrol
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join:2001-04-25
Thibodaux, LA
| So invest it already Instead of buying new yachts for upper management, maybe they could actually INVEST it in infrastructure - say, some new DNS servers.  Or maybe even get my connection so that it CONSISTENTLY reaches the advertised speeds?
I must be smoking something.
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA
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| Comcast cable is the same price as DSL ...as long as DSL is available in your area. Just call them up, tell them you're switching to DSL that is X price, and viola, they lower your rate for 6 mo's to X price. Rinse and repeat.. Just ask to speak with the retention department. My cable + internet bill is only $100's now. (was $120+) | |
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join:2005-04-14
Nashua, NH
| Re: Comcast cable is the same price as DSL .
.. I think Comcast is " OK " , but they need to open the
upstream speeds. I'm changing to GWI in a few days. I prefer
DSL over cable. No, sharing bandwidth I had a good DSL
provider before Comcast ... Vitts Communications was great
and fast. I figure its time to change again. Plus I'll be
getting 5mbps download /1mbps upload speeds ... I'm not
far from a co less then 4'000 ft ... so I could go faster ..
I figure 5mb/1mb speed will cover my need ...:)
.. Comcast cable services in my area is good ... They just
need to stop increasing fees .. An add another channel like
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join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | Re: Comcast cable is the same price as DSL Ummm.. cable and DSL networks are virtually identicle. All of the bandwidth is shared at some point. DSL USED to be unshared farther back in the chain, but that's not really true anymore. | |
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join:2004-08-05
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| Why does everyone think that DSL in "unshared?"
The bandwidth is shared somewhere in the chain before you leave the ISP. It's not like the phone company made you a magical circuit that connects to every place you visit with all of your bandwidth available at all times.
And Cable bandwidth is only "shared" in places where nodes are overloaded. As long as a cable company keeps nodes at a reasonable size, "sharing" doesn't occur that often.
It would be a different story if everyone's cable modem was wide open at 45down/10up. Then you would truly be sharing all of the node bandwidth. | |
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join:2002-10-25
Swords Creek, VA
| That's what I do. At work we have Comcast HSI and basic cable which consists of about 18 channels. Since we're a local gov't building they let me put the service in my name and get residential rates. (only 2 people in the building at any one time so usage is mostly light) The Comcast rep that I talked to gave me a discount package that allows me to get the HSI and basic cable for $42 and change taxes included. This is a 6 month promotion and we call every 6 months to renew the promotion. (without promotion it's about $61) So far we've had this for about a year which has worked out great. BTW we have the 4mb/384 plan. I have Charter HSI here at home and everytime I've tried to get a promotional plan they basically tell me my options are pay the price or cancel. Sadly enough Comcast has been much easier to deal with. | |
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Save Me Konata-Chan
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join:2003-02-20
Minneapolis, MN
clubs: | How many more hikes? like another post says this proves it. Also though they make you bundle so that's more money in their pockets.. So how many rate increases will we see this year? | |
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Westland, MI | Re: How many more hikes? You can't fault the farmer for getting more milk from less cows.  | |
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join:2002-06-07
Coloma, MI
| Not just for affluent areas! Unlike the telcos, Comcast's management figured out that if they built an advanced network, people would buy aditional services which obviously equates to more profits.
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SolarPup
IT Geek-Dawg
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join:2002-03-07
The Pound
clubs: | heh, all that money and old transportation? Maybe they can get some new trucks now... seen several here in colorado that have been broke down on the side of the road.. always good...
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mezner1
join:2001-08-14
Layton, UT | Comcrap x4  I wish I could screw my customers and make 4X the profit.
S*&t comcast how about a break on the d*&n price 4X the profit and you still raise your damn rates!!! | |
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pokesph
It Is Almost Fast
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join:2001-06-25
Sacramento, CA
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| Steady rate hikes... If you raised your rates every other month, you'd also make four times the profit per year as compared to the last year..
My suggestion is take a hit in the bottom line, and drop rates accross the board.
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@208.17.x.x | Re: Steady rate hikes... Oh yea..that makes great buisness sense. I'm surprised some big company hasn't snatched you up as CEO yet.... | |
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join:2003-04-07
Northridge, CA
| Re: Steady rate hikes... you guys are just really ignorant. I am not american, but is it the american way to get overcharged and have less service and pay more? It seems too me most of you just take it up the ass. if you guys were to speak out, etc, you could probablly get better service, better speed. i think america as a whole will go down the drain jsut from seeing this attitude accross this thread. the big companies do not give a shit about what you think. yeah i know they should make money, but most of the money go into shareholders pocket. did you latelly get something free from anyone, let alone comcast? and by charging more for one service since you do not have the other is awfull. is like you car needs 87, but if you do not get 91 you should get charged 91 price. does that makes sense. all i have to say in 15 years i have been here as a resident i have to say all things go for the worst. | |
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join:2004-02-02
Encino, CA
| Re: Steady rate hikes... said by remusrm :I am not american, but is it the american way to get overcharged and have less service and pay more? Yes, yes it is. Any other way would be un-American.
You're either with us, or against us, now cough up your service fee hikes. | |
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Facekhan
join:2002-05-01
Gaithersburg, MD
| Same old comcast On Demand has been a big success and customers like it.
As for their customer service and technical support reps they either changed call centers or have fired all the rude idiots I used to talk to and now they have far more professional sounding idiots. They still don't know what the problem is but at least they are polite, and speak clearly for a change.
I have been having issues with my cable and HSI for 15 months. The signal to my house is bad and even with a $80 digital amplifier (Scientific Atlanta) it still is flaky.
Getting a new cable modem, an idea I suggested since day one, but that comcast kept tellign me was unnecesary in 7 service visists, appears to have worked to stop about 90% of my HSI outages that were occuring 1-10 times a day.
I still get choppy service on my digital premium channels and on demand and some other channels a lot. For some reason it happens more on Friday and Saturday nights, maybe cause so many people get on-demand movies but it is and always has been a signal quality issue due to interference on the line outside the house which I am told is an unusually long drop for my neighborhood and they probably should have put another box in.
Mainly for moneysaving and headache purposes I think I am close to switching to Verizon DSL (or FIOS if I can) and DirectTv. I will save about $20/month if I switch both. | |
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YeaRighto
@208.17.x.x
| Re: Same old comcast As for their customer service and technical support reps they either changed call centers or have fired all the rude idiots I used to talk to and now they have far more professional sounding idiots.
I can honestly say there are more idiots out there in general population than there are in the call centers. | |
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Wildcards2000
@washdctt.d
| Love My Directv!! This is too funny In the three years I've been with DTV and DSL, my over all cost has gone DOWN!! DTV has only raised their price twice by $2 each. Not bad.
Oooo Cable is faster, no arguments there. 90% of users don't even use a quarter of their speeds. | |
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Kip patterson
Premium
join:2000-10-23
Columbus, OH | Like big numbers?? 100 million VOD works out to roughly 1.5 exabits of data.
(exa = 10 to the eighteenth power) | |
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| Galvage
join:2004-02-11
Taconite, MN
| Re: Like big numbers?? I still pay for it but I still think comcast is a worthless company piece of shit. BTW I'm planning on moving to DSL in the next year. I also influence a great deal of customers to stay away from comcast and go over to SBC or anything else they can get. I think comcast is only slightly better than the likes of AOL. Due to thier extordinary long wait times to fix anything and thier policy of literally having to fight for a refund. | |
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BillTager
join:2000-09-20
Charlotte, NC
| Bundling Bundling It's difficult to compare prices between DSL and Cable because of bundling.
In order for me to determine the best solution, I have to clarify what ALL my needs are. Everyone's needs are different.
For me this is what I want in regards to communications and entertainment:
Phone Service including LD
High Speed Internet Access
TV with HBO
For me, a phone service that I can use anywhere and includes LD means that cellular is the best option for me.
$50/month - Cingular
Since that takes care of my phone needs better than any land line solution, that only leaves Internet access and TV.
For that, the best solution is for me to get a bundled package from Comcast.
$70.99 + $42.95 = 113.94
Total for all my needs: $163.94/month.
For the same features bundled with Bellsouth: $186.88
It aint cheap, but it's better than Bellsouth.
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jdir
join:2001-05-04
Santa Clara, CA | Well, due to increase fee I decided to cancel my cable subscription. I guess there goes the $100 or so profits | |
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orldf
@157.93.x.x
| Comcast quad profit I bet their subscriber base hasn't grown by four times. That just means they are taking more out of our wallets than ever before. It's pathetic and any other industry would be investigated for price gouging, but oh no, not the cable folks. They'll just say its to pay for their programming, but of course those programming companies own a portion of the cable companies, but really its all good.
Yeah right. Highway robbery and they are touting it like they were some kind of Wall St miracle child. *rude gesture* | |
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gateguy
Premium
join:2001-02-12
Reisterstown, MD | FIOS As soon as it is available. Comcast can kiss my ass goodbye | |
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ICantWait
@208.17.x.x
| Re: FIOS All you people "FIOS this" and "FIOS that", you all act like it is a gift from god. It is still electronic technology and will also be prone to complications. Do you think there will be any gauranteed uptime? or garunteed latency or ping times?
You act like once you switch that will be the end all of any type of network issue. | |
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Combat Chuck
Too Many Cannibals
Premium
join:2001-11-29
Erie, PA | Re: FIOS I laugh my arse off when FIOS settles in and the price ends up being the same as what cable charges. It'll be good times.
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lyls
@tele.dk | it is a VERY big step forward in technological terms and it IS the future as it will easily be able to carry hdtv, fast internet and voice on the same cable | |
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join:2003-04-29
Knoxville, TN | Talk to a Knology customer-you'll be back! | |
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Phoenix__1
join:2003-07-17
Holyoke, MA
| And yet... And yet they still have poor support, poor networks, higher prices, and an abuse department that is so allusive, that should you need to contact them. You're better off trying to find "Big Foot!"
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| Thaler
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join:2004-02-02
Encino, CA
| Re: And yet... said by Phoenix__1 : You're better off trying to find "Big Foot!" Oddly enough, I believe Comcast has started outsourcing their customer support to him. | |
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neftv
join:2000-10-01
Broomall, PA
 ·Broadvox Direct
| Hmm Profits. Wouldn't surprise me because Comcast is so big they can do that. But I think too that they are so big that they can't adapt to newer technologies swiftly because of the massive infrastructure they have. Dosis3 or fiber. In fact I am so surprise that Verizon is getting fiber done like they are being they are so big too and don't know what each hand is doing at least Comcast has it together I think. | |
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