We just dumped Comcast cable tv — we’ve had it here since 1983! Cut the cord just shy of 40 years. I would have never gotten it in the first place, but my wife is a sports nut and wanted her live sports games.
Unfortunately Comcast is our internet service provider, so I had to keep that. We had AT&T for Internet until ten years ago, but their reliability, quality and customer support were the absolute worst of any company I’ve dealt with. It took them forever to fix the squirrels-eating-the-wires and squirrels-in-the-pedestal problems. Our DSL service would often drop to 300 to 500 kbps — yes, kilobits! At least the Comcast Internet over cable service is fast and reasonably reliable.
The Internet + TV + phone service was over $200/month. I cut that in half by getting rid of the cable TV part.
I wish I could find a decent alternative ISP. I will never go back to AT&T. Based on their current reviews, it doesn’t sound like they’ve improved at all.
I use Netflix and Amazon streaming. I also rip a lot of DVDs and Blu Rays to my home server.
“I also rip a lot of DVDs and Blu Rays to my home server.”
How do you do that?
Comcast internet is the only game in town here. The phone company delivers 4mbps max. Comcast has great signal and service, but costs 105 a month but gives 400 Mbps with unlimited Data.