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Comcast Cable Miseries!
Meshuge Mikey | March 23 2014 | Vanity

Posted on 03/23/2014 7:13:24 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey

Yesterday... Comcast cable...my internet service provider...for the TIME BEING....had a Planned Outage,...in order to upgrade equipment that services this area.

No Prior Notice was given to paying customers,

During my call to :customer service" Yesterday...no mention was made of that fact that this WAS a planned outage.

This Morning I experienced another Outage.

Today's call to comcast customer service was Unbearably frustrating.

The representative told me...that this was a planned outage...and an unplanned outage. AGAIN no announcement was made PRIOR to the outage. They do have an EMAIL SERVER dont they? Would it have taken a tremendous effort and great expense to ALERT CUSTOMERS of these matters prior to the planned outages?

Im in Marin County California, and looking for a better Service Provider.

Thank you


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KEYWORDS: comcast; internet; outage; service
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To: MeshugeMikey

I do contact work for Comcast. Don’t lose your cool on the phone. Once you lose your cool they’ll hang up on you and note your account.


61 posted on 03/23/2014 1:54:06 PM PDT by carson_conservative
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To: carson_conservative

It makes no difference if you are nice with Concast. They do not care. They should care about who has paid them for many years, but they don’t.

This is a horrible company who needs regulation, but since they are run by libs, they are a scam.


62 posted on 03/23/2014 1:56:41 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Ray54

Yeah, I do. I always chase down the jackass that thinks he’s the one to bully others. So screw off if you don’t like it. You post very little on FR and when you do it is to tell someone they are “mouthing off”. Just a nasty keyboard coward.


63 posted on 03/23/2014 2:31:38 PM PDT by CodeToad (Keeping whites from talking about blacks is verbal segregation!)
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To: CodeToad

Sorry. I just get tired of hateful jerks with big mouths. Carry on.


64 posted on 03/23/2014 3:09:14 PM PDT by Ray54
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To: dforest

Trust me I know, I have to deal with them everyday. Their customer service is rated lower than the IRS


65 posted on 03/23/2014 3:54:47 PM PDT by carson_conservative
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To: Vermont Lt
I have Cox in AZ. I must be close to a hub because we virtually experience no issues.

I only speak from the professional expectations for myself. Not every business is actively engaged in "Customer Experience.

66 posted on 03/23/2014 4:46:48 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: carson_conservative

I was very polite, but extremely frustrated.

Two outages, two days in a row. Planned..but with no prior announcement seemed a bit much.


67 posted on 03/23/2014 4:50:14 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: Vermont Lt

Sorry, I do not understand your post.


68 posted on 03/23/2014 8:23:29 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: Sioux-san

That was when virtually telephones were landlines. Cable still requires the use of a physical cable and that changes the economics.


69 posted on 03/24/2014 2:55:29 AM PDT by monocle
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To: Cen-Tejas

Comcast is a public company.


70 posted on 03/24/2014 4:38:01 AM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: monocle

whether the competition pays a fee for use of a land line or a cable line, what’s the difference?


71 posted on 03/24/2014 6:30:00 AM PDT by Sioux-san
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To: ConservativeMind

You are absolutely correct sir that Comcast is a public corporation and I apologize for my laziness and trying to utilize my aging recall on this particular subject. I should have gone back and checked it out as it has been years since I visited the subject.

Notwithstanding the public corporation fact though, Comcast voting control is controlled by the leftist Roberts family.

In a Feb. 12, 2014 Voting agreement we see this. It reads in a very small part, to wit:

Voting Agreement

On February 12, 2014, concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, TWC entered into a voting agreement with Brian Roberts and certain family trusts and investment vehicles which together hold approximately 471,435,749 shares of Comcast Class A Common stock and 9,444,375 shares of Comcast Class B common stock. Pursuant to the Voting agreement, each Principal Stockholder agreed , among other things, to vote all of its shares in favor of the stock issuance and against any actions that would impede the consummation of the merger.........

It goes on and on but simply put, the Roberts family and their trusts completely control Comcast and Brian Roberts himself is the largest shareholder in Comcast of Class A common stock at 33.1%. Ralph the dad is 93 years old and is Chairman Emeritus. Brian, 55, is CEO.

So, again, your right it is a public corporation but I am right that Brian Robert’s, a self proclaimed Obama lover and huge financial backer, and ORIGINAL supporter of Obamacare, controls Comcast. This means what our kids see on his channels has been washed through the Marxists and socialists that surround Obama each day.

The other half dozen or so major media companies are also controlled by far left jewish families. Why exactly that is, I don’t know. But, control of the media by far, far lefties is a fact and it is also a far bigger danger to this country than that punk Vladimir Putin and I look forward to the day that Freepers start speaking up regularly and forcefully about it!

There are many things legislatures and conservative local governments could do to gain some leverage on this subject but ALL OF US have just let the bastards run wild for decades!


72 posted on 03/24/2014 11:32:26 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: carson_conservative

Update....MONDAY March 24 ......modem recycling,....

Customer service says theres a new ongoing problem in “the area”

service will be restored by 2 AM although I’m obviously on at present.

3 out of the last four days....there have been outages.

I find this highly unprofessional for some reason


73 posted on 03/24/2014 10:38:27 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: Vermont Lt
Oh my God, it cable. Not dialysis. Get over yourself.

I agree LOL.

74 posted on 03/24/2014 11:00:49 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Verizon VIOS switched 4 years ago VERY HAPPY, all one bill land line,
cells phones, Internet and TV’s great service ALWAYS!!!!


75 posted on 03/24/2014 11:08:07 PM PDT by Kit cat (OBummer must go)
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To: Kit cat

Im going to have to get on the phone and handle this VERY soon.

three out of the last four days...is truly unacceptable


76 posted on 03/24/2014 11:09:56 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: steve86

its not “cable” for TV its cable for my internet connection,...

three out of the last four days have been Outage Days

some of us use the internet for Business.

comcasts about to lose mine


77 posted on 03/24/2014 11:11:58 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Yes, I know it was the broadband connection you were talking about. Sorry it has caused so much distress.

From day one, I have always had plans for backup access to the Internet, starting with the dial-up modem, on to Wimax service on the laptop, driving five miles to McDonalds for WiFi, finally to the smartphones and portable WiFi hotspot.

Sounds like you should have similar (depending what is available in your area) and maybe a different ISP if you can get one.


78 posted on 03/24/2014 11:18:08 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture)
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To: Kit cat
Verizon VIOS

Verizon FiOS, one of the top 16 Internet pornography providers in the world!

79 posted on 03/24/2014 11:20:05 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture)
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To: steve86

I am strongly considering ATT.

I dont stream a lot of movies nor play games on the net so I dont need and extreme amount of speed.

What I dont get about comcast is their unwillingness to be forthright about these outages.


80 posted on 03/24/2014 11:22:13 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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