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MKSheppard wrote:OK a few days ago, they fucked up the SSL certificates on their mail
servers, making it now as open as a $5 whore. Shortly after, they
managed to fuck over their DNS server. Funny when you can't
connect to www.comcast.com.

Now their mail server has decided to randomly appear and disappear off
the net. I'm seriously thinking of hopping to another broadband provider.

verilon wrote: You, at least, have an option on cable providers, right?

MKSheppard wrote:

verilon wrote:You, at least, have an option on cable providers, right?

Comcast is a government granted monopoly. I would love it if the
Montgomery County Government would allow us to have a choice
of cable companies....

Important for Everyone Interested in High-Speed Internet by Quantam at 8:32 PM - Monday, September 15, 2003

Hello, everyone. I'd like to take a minute to tell you about a very special internet service provider called Comcast.

In the four months we've been on Comcast cable internet, we have been overcharged every single month, ranging from $290 overcharged the first month to $50 this last month (amounts in US $; note that each time the matter was ultimately resolved by spending large amounts of time on the phone with a 'customer service representative', including several instances of the entire conversation being disregarded and continuing to receive various threats from Comcast afterwards).

In addition, in those four months, our service has been disconnected once, and we were threatened a second time; both times for 'failure to pay', when said payment had been received and processed each time before the due date (typically a week or two before said threats begin).

Of course, this list doesn't even include some of Comcast's unsavory business practices, such as charging customers of cable ISPs that Comcast buys (AT&T Broadband Internet comes readily to mind) a full one and a half times the cost that Comcast customers pay.

In conclusion, if you're looking to spend four or five hours on the phone each month with a customer support representative, pay multiple times the price of cable internet due to consistent overcharges, routinely receive threats of disconnection for no actual reason, and the occasional service disconnection without warning, I cannot recommend Comcast highly enough.

If, on the other hand, you want reliable, maintenance-free, high-speed internet, look someplace else. If Adelphia or another cable provider is available in your area, get it. If no such provider is available, get DSL. There are a large number of good DSL providers both national and local.

Thank you for your time. I now return you to your regularly scheduled doldrums.

Phil Skayhan wrote:What suprised me when I signed up for Comcast is that newsgroup access is something you need to pay extra for. All prior ISPs I've had provided them as part of the basic package.

CmdrWilkens wrote:What's funny is that I haven't had a damn problem with Comcast in over 1.5yrs of broadband service. What a difference Howard vs Montgomery country makes eh Shep?

Phil Skayhan wrote:What suprised me when I signed up for Comcast is that newsgroup access is something you need to pay extra for. All prior ISPs I've had provided them as part of the basic package.