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Police: Man Threatens To Kill Over Cable Bill
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| 4-8-05
Posted on 04/08/2005 10:55:54 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan
Police: Man Threatens To Kill Over Cable Bill
Suspect Being Held On $200,000 Bond
POSTED: 7:15 pm EDT April 8, 2005
UPDATED: 7:45 pm EDT April 8, 2005
ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. -- A man was taken into custody by police after he allegedly made threats to employees at a Comcast customer service station in St. Clair Shores.
Daniel Taugher, 41, rode his bike to the service center and went inside to complain about the price of his bill, Local 4 reported. Police said he started shouting threats while in the lobby.
Taugher (pictured, left) said he was going to blow up the building and told employees he would kill everyone inside, according to police. Detectives believe he was under the influence of alcohol.
(Excerpt) Read more at clickondetroit.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: cable; comcast; comcrap; deaththreats; donutwatch; leo
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There's video also at the link. Granted while I sympathize with the prices of Comcrap, that's not the right approach of doing things.
To: Dan from Michigan
I divorced my television. Then married my computer! ;-) :-D
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posted on
04/08/2005 11:03:18 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Dan from Michigan
Now I know why these organizations have outsourced overseas.
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posted on
04/08/2005 11:27:36 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
To: Dan from Michigan
Comcast bought Adelphia yesterday, and Mr. Taugher's rates will be hiked to pay for the acquisition.
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posted on
04/09/2005 12:24:16 AM PDT
by
HAL9000
(Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
To: Dan from Michigan
I have Comcast cable & hi-speed Net myself. It winds up being about $1.50 a day for each...if anything, though, I wish they could make the cable a-la-carte (I don't mean the various digital packages, I mean expanded basic: let me only see the channels I want and get rid of the stuff like
Home Shopping I could care less about. But they say they can't do that...oh well. They figure most people would whittle their selections down to 10 or 20 channels only and then would demand a lower price...whatever.
To: HAL9000
Comcast bought Adelphia yesterday, and Mr. Taugher's rates will be hiked to pay for the acquisition.That's what Comcast did when they bought AT&T cable and internet. I blew up last week and said I was going to BellSouth DSL if they didn't give me a deal similar to the introductory offers out there. They caved in and I have a great hi-speed internet rate for three months. Then I'll dump them and go DSL. Comcast can go eff themselves
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posted on
04/09/2005 12:32:11 AM PDT
by
dennisw
("Sursum corda")
To: HAL9000
Actually the Comcast-Time Warner-Adelphia deal is not a done deal, yet. Cablevision gets another crack at it before anything is decided. But I would think the Comcast/Time Warner deal will most likely be the one to be accepted.
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posted on
04/09/2005 1:58:17 AM PDT
by
neb52
To: dennisw
You have to stop and think about the fact when you pay $55 for Comcast Cable HSI, you are paying for the line and access. With Bell South DSL you are paying for the access. You pay for the line via your local phone bill. So you need to add your phone bill and DSL bill together to get the true cost.
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posted on
04/09/2005 2:00:35 AM PDT
by
neb52
To: Dan from Michigan
The guy rode a puttering bicycle to make the dumb threat.
How in the world could he afford such threats is what I want to know.
It's obvious that he had the (Blow up the building) manual tucked under
his water/vodka bottle. LMAO!
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posted on
04/09/2005 2:06:12 AM PDT
by
MaxMax
(GOD BLESS AMERICA)
To: raccoonradio
let me only see the channels I want and get rid of the stuff like Home Shopping I could care less about. But they say they can't do that.
What they really mean is, they won't do that.
The choices, implied in ala carte, would mean the end of a couple of hundred bullshit channels.
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posted on
04/09/2005 2:22:52 AM PDT
by
Beckwith
(I knew Churchill, and Ward Churchill is no Churchill . . . he ain't no Indian either . . .)
To: Beckwith
I'll stand to be corrected but I thought I read somewhere the cable company got a cut of the home shopping channels, either via an affiliate deal or for carrying them.
If true stuff they can "charge for" and get paid for as well. The ultimate in cheap content.
Can anyone verify if they (the cable companies) have a financial interest in the shopping channels?
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posted on
04/09/2005 2:26:46 AM PDT
by
Proud_texan
(Proverbs 8:36 -They that hate Me love death.)
To: neb52
You have to stop and think about the fact when you pay $55 for Comcast Cable HSI, you are paying for the line and access. With Bell South DSL you are paying for the access. You pay for the line via your local phone bill. So you need to add your phone bill and DSL bill together to get the true cost. Technically, you are right. However, assuming you are going to have a telephone line that you pay for anyway, you only have to add the DSL cost to your phone bill. My DSL is about $32 on top of my regular phone bill.
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posted on
04/09/2005 2:28:42 AM PDT
by
Abby4116
To: raccoonradio
I heard that someday soon, we will be able to view TV and get most of our TV viewing on the Internet instead of having the traditional cable.
Were can I get information about that ?
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posted on
04/09/2005 2:33:47 AM PDT
by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM 53 : 1 The ( FOOL ) hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
To: Prophet in the wilderness
Search "IPTV" into google or something.
To: Abby4116
Yes if you are able to brow beat the telco(except for Qwest, which is the only telco to offer naked DSL) over the head to get a Basic $5-$10 phone line plus the DSL Lite $19.99 then you can get a cheaper service. But bang for buck you get a better deal from Comcast as far as bandwidth, only exception being the local phone service. Which can be remedied with a cheap VOIP service(Comcast's VOIP is not cheap).
Anyways whatever makes one happy. I have had cable Internet since AT&T bought out TCI and have been very happy. I would only consider changing if Verizon brought their FTTP service to my city. My brother got a phone call from Comcast on the same day he received an advertisement in the mail for Verizon FTTP. Comcast told him they were cutting $40 off his bill. So he now gets HSI and Digital Plus TV for $67 instead of $107. Lucky Bastard :P
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posted on
04/09/2005 3:05:42 AM PDT
by
neb52
To: Prophet in the wilderness
There already are some services available. Cinemanow being the biggest as far as Videos. http://www.cinemanow.com/home.aspx
TV content is still slow coming from the big content providers. Most of them like Disney don't see a point in changing or making any deals with the telcos for their new IPTV services. So it maybe a while before you start to see the mainstream content providers offering streaming video. I wish History Channel would, since that is about all I watch.
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posted on
04/09/2005 3:10:05 AM PDT
by
neb52
To: dennisw
They caved in and I have a great hi-speed internet rate for three months. Then I'll dump them and go DSL.Are you sure you can do that under the terms of the agreement? I have NEVER seen a high-speed IP give a deal without a penalty for quitting before you pay the regular rate for a period equivalent to the one you had the deal for.
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posted on
04/09/2005 3:10:29 AM PDT
by
L.N. Smithee
(Honestly - would anybody be surprised if it was revealed George Felos is a necrophiliac?)
To: Dan from Michigan
I blame all the violence on TV....
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posted on
04/09/2005 3:10:54 AM PDT
by
durasell
(Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
To: Beckwith
The choices, implied in ala carte,
would mean the end of a couple of hundred bullshit channels. Agreed!
What can we do to make that dream a reality?
To: Dan from Michigan
Daniel Taugher, 41, rode his bike to the service center and went inside to complain about the price of his bill, Local 4 reported. Police said he started shouting threats while in the lobby. Taugher (pictured, left) said he was going to blow up the building and told employees he would kill everyone inside, according to police. Detectives believe he was under the influence of alcohol.
Isn't it kinda hard to ride a bike with a bomb in one hand and a bottle of malt liquor in the other?
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posted on
04/09/2005 3:12:52 AM PDT
by
L.N. Smithee
(Honestly - would anybody be surprised if it was revealed George Felos is a necrophiliac?)
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