# Fucking COMCAST. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 13, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-comcast/588866 "2011-07-13T13:51:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-comcast/588866/41 "2011-07-15T04:52:44Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Which service are you talking about, TV or internet? Internet constantly for 10 years. TV sporadically depending on whether my wife is pregnant or not. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-comcast/588866/42 "2011-07-15T13:53:54Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > I was with Comcast for years, in the Chicago suburbs, and their service was a pain in the ass. The Internet connection would drop for no good reason at least once each evening, which really sucks when you’re a WoW player who likes to raid with your guild and play an important role like healer or tank. I’m also in the Chicago suburbs and I _never_ have internet problems with Comcast. Every time my internet is slow or isn’t working properly, I look around and find out it’s my shitty Linksys router that’s causing all the problems. Once I get everything rebooted, my connection is back up to normal. I run somewhat regular tests at [speedtest.net](http://speedtest.net) and I’m always above the average speed. Am I lucky or something? It’s expensive, yeah, but I usually just call them and ask whomever I get on the phone what promos are available. They search to see what I’m eligible for and then list out my options. I can’t remember a time when I was paying full rate, I’m usually saving somewhere around $30 a month. They even tell me that when a certain promo will expire and encourage me to call again around that time to see what other promos I’m eligible for. ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-comcast/588866/43 "2011-07-16T02:03:26Z")
Echoing what has already been said-but 250 gb isn’t a hard cap at all. I’ve blown past that mark numerous times and never got so much as a email about it. I honestly don’t know why they even mention the “limit”. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-comcast/588866/44 "2011-07-16T02:32:15Z")
> [@DxZero](#): > > Echoing what has already been said-but 250 gb isn’t a hard cap at all. I’ve blown past that mark numerous times and never got so much as a email about it. I honestly don’t know why they even mention the “limit”. You’re lucky. “Man exceeds Comcast’s bandwidth limit, gets banned” [http://www.komonews.com/news/tech/125614378.html](http://www.komonews.com/news/tech/125614378.html) ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-comcast/588866/45 "2011-07-16T02:52:07Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > You’re lucky. > “Man exceeds Comcast’s bandwidth limit, gets banned” > [http://www.komonews.com/news/tech/125614378.html](http://www.komonews.com/news/tech/125614378.html) Hmm…maybe they have decided to put some teeth into it. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-comcast/588866/46 "2011-07-16T03:27:49Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > I’m also in the Chicago suburbs and I _never_ have internet problems with Comcast. Every time my internet is slow or isn’t working properly, I look around and find out it’s my shitty Linksys router that’s causing all the problems. Once I get everything rebooted, my connection is back up to normal. I run somewhat regular tests at [speedtest.net](http://speedtest.net) and I’m always above the average speed. Am I lucky or something? You might be, or maybe I was unlucky. I got shitty results whether I had their equipment or a not-so-shitty storebought router. I had to reboot the router at least once a day to simply recover from Internet connection drops. And the only way I saved money was to start dropping channels. The $150/month was after getting rid of all movie channels. Or, maybe they started getting worried after UVerse came in - we were in an area before where the only competition was DirectTV, and now UVerse comes along and gives more competition for them. For better service, double the DVR recordings, and 2/3 of the price, I’m good with switching. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-comcast/588866/47 "2011-07-16T04:44:12Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > I’m also in the Chicago suburbs and I _never_ have internet problems with Comcast. Every time my internet is slow or isn’t working properly, I look around and find out it’s my shitty Linksys router that’s causing all the problems. Once I get everything rebooted, my connection is back up to normal. I run somewhat regular tests at [speedtest.net](http://speedtest.net) and I’m always above the average speed. Am I lucky or something? Perhaps. I live in Chicago in a high density population area. Perhaps that is the difference. I will say everywhere I have lived in the city (always an apartment or multi-unit condo) the service was pure shit. The picture quality of TV was crap and it frequently went out (couple times a month on average). Of course any time some work on the lines needed to be done for one person they could affect a whole apartment block in one go. Also, internet speeds sucked because at the least the whole apartment was on one ring. It got [kinda like this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5YEZtyjGvk). 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-comcast/588866.md?page=2)