A number of years ago I had Comcast for my cable TV and internet, and after numerous outages, bad experiences with repair folks who took 3 visits to fix a problem, and hours (literally) on hold with their customer support, I swore never again to do business with them.
But now they have a pretty good price on a package of HD cable, broadband, and VOIP phone service--saving me about $25 a month over the combination of Qwest, DirecTV, Tivo, and DSL NW. So I figured hey, it's been 10 years, they've probably got their act together--and gave them another chance.
My first clue should have been when I tried to sign up for the service on their website, and it crashed on what was probably the last page....every time.
My second clue should have been when I called customer service, and after spending about 10 minutes having them get everything typed in on their side, the phone call got cut off.
Third time was a charm, and when I called back I got us scheduled for an install--all is happy warm and fuzzy, right...
...until the installer showed up.
Late, of course.
After we picked up all of the clipped bits of wire and cable staples he'd dropped in our yard (presumably for our 10-month old son to pick up and put in his mouth), I discovered that in fact we weren't getting a high-def picture. And the HD portion of the onscreen guide didn't work.
Checking the wiring, I found that the installer had not hooked up the new Comcast box to the high-def connection on the back of the TV. Luckily, everything on the Comcast DVR and the TV was well-labelled, so that an amateur like me could connect it easily, and I didn't have to call in a professional like the Comcast installer.
Something tells me we're just getting started. Some people never learn (i.e., ME).
UPDATE: our ADT alarm system is beeping....why? Because the Comcast installer didn't hook it up to the new phone system like it said to in the work order. So they're sending out another installer to finish the job.
It's not Comcastic...it's Comcatastrophic.
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I guess maybe it depends on your area. I only have high speed internet but I've had it since it was AT&T @home. (about 10 years now). AT&T service was horrible with regular outages, slow speed, bad (3rd party) service techs. Comcast took over and it has been great ever since. There's been very few problems but the first incident was a 72 hour outage. Comcast waived my bill for that entire month. Another service call turned out to interference on old cable lines in my house. Comcast replaced them all, free of charge even though they could have billed me under their policy. They doubled my speed a few years ago, and didn't charge me more. Finally, recently my speed increased again, and my bill has only gone up $3 a month. Need I go on?
Comcast/Comcast Subcontractors are a nightmare to Security Alarm providers. Many service calls for no signals received by Alarm Monitoring Centers, are just after a new Comcast installation has been done.Alarm System phone connections have not been properly reconnected to Comcast for dial tone, or in several installs Alarm System phone connections have been left disconnected.
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