Thread: I'm FREE!!!!!

We got Bright House here in East Central Florida and they are great Heck my service stays on till the electric goes out in hurricanes. Glad for ya.

The thing thing with Comcast is that they take about 2 wks to come fix the issues and don't even try to work around your schedule. If you can't be home from 8am-12 or 12-4pm you are not getting your stuff fixed. I can't afford to take off work. Most of the time you will say "come between 8 and 12", 12 will come and go and around 1230 or 1 they will call and say the tech is unable to make it.

Comcast is definitely a step down from the cable companies I worked for. I am not at all impressed with their customer service (or lack thereof). I called for a headend* problem (channel to channel audio was all fouled up) and they said they HAD to send a tech to my house. I worked for the same company long before Comcast bought them out and they would just call the headend tech and tell him the problems and they would be corrected, usually that day. If not, it was done the next.

* the headend is the satellite receiver and ultimate distribution building. It interfaces all of the video, internet and phones.

Not to mention, Comcast's ad insertions (commercials) SUCK!!!! I hope they aren't paying people for them.

Congrats! It is always nice to escape.

I have been keeping with it so long because I don't like the idea of signing a contract for service like you have to with DirectTV, but I'll live with it. I can't complain though because I am not paying for anything to be installed and I get a free ipod shuffle and $150 cash back.

You'll LOVE Directtv,only time they go out is during heavy thunder/snow storms.I've had them since they were Primestar as it was the only way to get anything other that local tv out in the boonnies.My Directtv is getting shutoff after the 15th of this month as I'm getting ready to move,all I have to do is pack up reciever and they will do the rest I'm getting DSL with Version when we move so another plus for moving,(I'm still going to cry for leaving my shooting range of 16yrs out front/back door) but I'm gaining reloading bench instead .Good luck,Randall

Yup - you'll love Direct TV.

I also started with Primestar which was bought by Direct TV in the early 90's, and I've continued with it.

I have Dish Network. Like it well enough

Sister has direct tv,I have dish network,same channels ,I pay less

Originally Posted by scooter

Sister has direct tv,I have dish network,same channels ,I pay less

Directtv---- 1/2 year contract

Originally Posted by Baldy

We got Bright House here in East Central Florida and they are great Heck my service stays on till the electric goes out in hurricanes. Glad for ya.

Same service but sometimes it makes 56k look fast and stable.

Since I don't know anyone readily available with satellite, do your satellite channels have good channel to channel audio?? That is one of the many problems I suffer with Comcast now. I'll be listening to Sci Fi and switch to FX and it'll blow my ears out or I'll be watching a different channel and switch and I can't hear the newly selected one. I can't get them to adjust the channel to channel audio and I'm thinking a lot of switching to satellite.

Originally Posted by Thor

Since I don't know anyone readily available with satellite, do your satellite channels have good channel to channel audio?? That is one of the many problems I suffer with Comcast now. I'll be listening to Sci Fi and switch to FX and it'll blow my ears out or I'll be watching a different channel and switch and I can't hear the newly selected one. I can't get them to adjust the channel to channel audio and I'm thinking a lot of switching to satellite.

There can be some difference of volumes from chan-chan. but on dish it has never been like you describe.(at least not for me but I have a newer plasma idjit box and I think a lot of that is in the tv set electronics)

Well... I'm not free. I cancelled less than 10 hrs of it being installed.