[tabi] Re: Comcast
- From: "Lynn Evans" <evans-lynn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:38:37 -0400
I have a horrid story also. Both my TV and Internet was down for a wk when it
could have been fist the first night. My appointment was from 1 to 4 PM they
came at 9 pm.
----- Original Message -----
From: Barbara Lineberry
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 2:15 PM
Subject: [tabi] Re: Comcast
I have horror stories to tell about Comcast. I have digital starter and have
had it for several years. I am so sick of hearing about HD like it is the
"second coming". I pay Comcast a little less than $70 a month and have been
without the "on demand" movies and several of the regular channnels for over
two weeks and am told by the rare person I get to talk with that these are
actually free. A man has come inside to replace a cable box that apparently
got "fried" during a thunderstorm and someone was supposed to do "maintenance
work" outside. But there are still things wrong. Someone else is supposed to
come in a couple of days to check the number on the new box which apparently is
the cause of some of my ongoing problems. The computer at Comcast makes me
scream at it and then the "account executives" apologize and I get mad at that
too. Comcast is taking great advantage of us. For those who don't know, I am
sighted.
Barbara
----- Original Message -----
From: Chip Orange
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 1:34 PM
Subject: [tabi] Re: Comcast
Hi Darla,
You don't need to do anything except get a new box.
FYI, for some strange reason the new box will only give you the digital
version of the same channels you had under premium basic cable; that is, those
under 100.
However, at no charge, you can call Comcast and get switched over to
"digital starter", which adds a lot of extra channels above 100. It costs no
more than premium basic cable, and it made sense back when premium basic was
preferred by those who didn't want a cable box; this was a way comcast was
using to get people to switch to digital (by offering it at no extra charge).
but now that we all *must* have a box for anything other than the 6 local
channels, it makes no sense not to switch us all over to digital starter! But
no, you must call and ask for it! It's really needless.
Those 6 local channels by the way, Comcast is required by the FCC to offer
those to you in analog format (so no cable box), and at a price around $12 a
month. So if that's all you want, insist enough and you can have just those
(now pushed to channels 2 through 7), and no cable box.
For those who want more than that, for about $15 more you can get even more
digital channels with the next level of digital plan ("digital preferred").
and for those with sighted people in the house, be aware that all this
talk of digital cable does not mean HD at all! You get ABC in HD (and perhaps
all the local channels in HD I'm still trying to verify that), but nothing
else. Digital is still being sent to you by Comcast at standard TV resolution.
You have to pay more for a group of HD channels, and the first level of HD
package is $8 a month more. These are channels numbered higher than 384; so
any channel above that is HD, but it almost always just an HD version of a
channel you're already getting in lower resolution. Of course, you must have a
new HD TV.
It's amazingly difficult to get all of this explained to you by a Comcast
rep, and it's a modern miracle if you can find it on the Comcast web site!
Hth,
Chip
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Chip Orange
Database Administrator
Florida Public Service Commission
Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(850) 413-6314
(Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not
necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.)
From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Darla J. Rogers
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 7:19 AM
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tabi] Comcast
It appears we don't have TV now; is it easy to reset the boxes when we get
it back?
Darla
Darla J. Rogers
djrogers0628@xxxxxxxxxxx
Home phone #: 850-329-7437
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