Yeah I thought I was doing alright with limited basic quote on Verizon till I realized they were gonna tack on $25 every month for two boxes (HD + SD).
Instead I use a $5 cablecard rental and a video repeater. At least on Comcast they used to CREDIT me $3 for using a cable card.
If you're still wondering what the word "innovation" refers to in the various telcom press releases... this is it. New ways to charge more for less and have people thank you for it. Exciting stuff!
What are they going to stop over-prosecuting in a poorly thought out protest that will backfire by either no one noticing or noticing only that unfair practices have stopped?
I mean, yeah "rollover" is nice I guess. Still wonder why they make people buy too much data in the first place though. I'd rather buy what I use instead of aiming to consume some arbitrary wholesale club package amount.
Also the prices are different for new customers vs existing customers, the first thing they do is ask your address. They don't seem very interested in handing info if they provide service nearby but not to a particular address.
I've spent hours getting an accurate picture of package, prices, speeds, channels and equipment in JUST MY AREA. And none of that can factor in the hidden fees because HIDDEN FEES.
Cable TV isn't dead because it's more expensive to buy Internet without a TV subscription. Because they own all the tubes that come to your door and can raise the delivery price if you try to get your content from someone else.
These execs have been on the sinking entertainment gatekeeper ship for years and their only response has been to point fingers and pretend nothing is wrong.
Now the Sony bulkhead has broken off the ship and is headed to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Is it any wonder that their damage control consists of finger pointing and the unreasonable demand that everyone ignore reality?
I was just wondering what it would take to serve everything from "Google Island" somewhere in the middle of an ocean. Though it might be more practical to mass a fleet of "Pirate Radio" Internet ships.
Yeah, essentially their business plan is to force 'loyal' customers to call up every so often and harangue someone about paying too much for service, or not getting the service that they are paying for. It's designed to be an unpleasant experience and the person Comcast employs is supposed to extract as much cash from the caller as possible.
Couple that with the fact that their advertising and website obfuscate true price and products to avoid actually informing customers, and that all business transactions are completed verbally with no written confirmation until the interaction is completed.
Of course you're going to get tons of people calling who are already pissed off, or will become pissed off when they realize they're getting jerked around because a certain percent of people don't understand their bills and won't call in because it's a hassle.
There is no incentive for Comcast to improve, only incentive to say that they'll improve in order to get permission to expand.
Ah yes, the 1998 heart-wrenching fantasy drama where Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr travel the afterlife in their government issued MRAP, leaving a swath of devastation in their wake. They travel to Hell and back with little issue as even the fires of damnation cannot breach their armor.
More like random compliance with authority checks.
This is just to get people used to the idea that you do whatever someone in a uniform tells you. Anyone with something to hide won't go anywhere near one of these checkpoints, so the only thing ferreted out will be people who believe they have the right to travel unmolested in their own country. Who will probably be taught a 'lesson' about asserting their rights.
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Re: My "Favorite" Ripoff fee
Instead I use a $5 cablecard rental and a video repeater. At least on Comcast they used to CREDIT me $3 for using a cable card.
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Boldly screwing customers
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Re: The nature of police work
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Re: Getting prices
I've spent hours getting an accurate picture of package, prices, speeds, channels and equipment in JUST MY AREA. And none of that can factor in the hidden fees because HIDDEN FEES.
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Re: Roughly 24 hours after
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Surprised?
Now the Sony bulkhead has broken off the ship and is headed to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Is it any wonder that their damage control consists of finger pointing and the unreasonable demand that everyone ignore reality?
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Re: Response to: Michael on Dec 18th, 2014 @ 6:25am
Money now?
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Remember
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140819/13212128258/lapd-officer-says-tragedies-could- be-prevented-if-citizens-would-just-shut-up-do-what-cops-tell-them-to.shtml#c1303
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Re: Customer serv...ales
Couple that with the fact that their advertising and website obfuscate true price and products to avoid actually informing customers, and that all business transactions are completed verbally with no written confirmation until the interaction is completed.
Of course you're going to get tons of people calling who are already pissed off, or will become pissed off when they realize they're getting jerked around because a certain percent of people don't understand their bills and won't call in because it's a hassle.
There is no incentive for Comcast to improve, only incentive to say that they'll improve in order to get permission to expand.
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Re: AT&T just proved the need for Net Neutrality
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"What Threats May Come"
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Re: Just get it over with.
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That's not fair
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More like random compliance with authority checks.
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