WTF? My Comcast bill went up 6.5%.

 

Internet up $1, HD Box up over 50%, some other stuff also went up.

 

Anybody else's go up?

Comcast service blows. If the price goes up, we would likely switch.

Mine did, but I didn't look at it too closely. I just thought that a promotional period had expired and I was now up to regular rates.

Mine keeps going up, but I have Cablevision. I think they're passing the buck onto us to keep Fox in the channel lineup. Fox was taken off the air a couple of times over the past couple of years because they want cablevision to pay them lots of cash to keep them on. Anyway, that's what we're told.

God I hate monopolies. Comcast sucks. Unfortunately no FIOS in my area.

My bill seems to creep up .50 -.60 cents a month, always increasing taxes and fees.

Going to get worse

God I hate monopolies. Comcast sucks. Unfortunately no FIOS in my area.

 

Chris no FIOS for you? Wow, guess living a couple blocks over means a lot. I've had FIOS for about 18 months now. I hated Comcast, had to call every 6 months to get the next "promotion". Got rid of as soon as I could.

Fios service is good, but the bills are even worse... not sure if all of them are integrated into one verizon bill. Our 99 promo rate is like $150 or so monthly for the triple play.

 

Office in marlboro had optimum.... so much better.

cablevision(optimum) was rapping us with rates and charges after the first year are rates doubled, we too were on the phone with them at least once a month, the service was horrible and they just kept raising the rates. We switch to fios 2 years ago and since then we had to call them once regarding poor service within the house. They came and re-wired the whole house for free, the guy said who ever installed it must have been in a rush, but while he was here he put in the new coax cables and splitters. Since then not one issue. If fios is offered in your area it is well worth looking into, if not call them and bug them to expand to your area. Fios ends up being the same as optimum rates wise once the promo periods are over. Everyone thinks that optimum is cheaper, which it is initially, but once the first year is over your bills go from 99 to 150 each, thats how they sucker you in and then ask for 300 to cancel the service, and where it took almost a week to get a optimum guy to house, verizon was here the next day.

God I hate monopolies. Comcast sucks. Unfortunately no FIOS in my area.

 

 

yup same situation.

 

i hate comcast with a passion, have for years. internet is down more than its up. unfortunately its the fastest internet i can get in my town, we were on a list to be notified when fios is coming and they came knocking on our door saying "hey we are finally going to install fios over the next few months" but that was like feb 08 they still havent installed a damn thing.

Chris no FIOS for you? Wow, guess living a couple blocks over means a lot. I've had FIOS for about 18 months now. I hated Comcast, had to call every 6 months to get the next "promotion". Got rid of as soon as I could.

They have to cut under the road to lay the fiber optic. I live on Rte 36. I imagine they will be doing that last since it will require traffic diversion. Just a guess.

didn't fios have a state wide tax but only catered to the wealthier areas of NJ?

didn't fios have a state wide tax but only catered to the wealthier areas of NJ?

The deal was that Verizon could do the state in whatever order it wanted, but the county seats had to be done first.

Do you know any 'nice' county seats

No FIOS in my area either.

I have Direct TV, Verizon DSL & Verizon phone service. Cable monopoly sucks, but their internet speed is fast.

Try negotiating a new term contract with them. It seems that's what they want in order to give good rates. I had to do it with Fios after my promotion ran out.

 

Also, I've saved a bunch by dropping the voice portion of the "triple play", and going with www.phonepower.com for my VOIP service. It's cheaper, and has much better features over Verizon, could hold true for cable VOIP service as well.

Comcast sucks. I have Dish satellite but they just raised my rate last month.

Try negotiating a new term contract with them. It seems that's what they want in order to give good rates. I had to do it with Fios after my promotion ran out.

 

Also, I've saved a bunch by dropping the voice portion of the "triple play", and going with www.phonepower.com for my VOIP service. It's cheaper, and has much better features over Verizon, could hold true for cable VOIP service as well.

 

+1

 

 

this is how life works with comcast for me..

 

"promo rate" $130.00 (at the moment DVR, cable, showtime, phone, interwebs)

that will go on for several months.. and then I get an obnoxious bill out of nowhere ($180 last time)

 

at that point I call and explain to them that I really like their service.. and wish I could afford to keep it.. but I can't because that is too expensive.. I tell them that I will be canceling my service as soon as I make an appointment to have dish installed.. every single time I have done this they have come up with a magical new promotion on the spot.. that is normally good for another 6-12 months..

promo rate ends in 1 yr, then rate DOUBLES! welcome to Cablevision.

Altho I am no fan of the cable companies and their monopolies by any stretch, Comcast is one of if not THE best TV providers out there.

 

Free on demand for just about every channel you get that has it avail.

 

Cablevision doesn't have that.

 

Cablevision SUCKS compared to comcast and I have had both!