# Thinking of cancelling your Comcast subscription? Pack a lunch.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-cancelling-your-comcast-subscription-pack-a-lunch/693283>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 16, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-cancelling-your-comcast-subscription-pack-a-lunch/693283 "2014-07-16T16:37:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-cancelling-your-comcast-subscription-pack-a-lunch/693283/41 "2014-07-18T20:01:59Z")

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I don’t know which is worse. The retention specialists from hell, or the companies that cheerfully allow you to cancel, only to hound you to death with follow-up phone calls asking you to come back.

_Cincinnati Enquirer_ and _Sirius_, I’m looking at you.

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**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-cancelling-your-comcast-subscription-pack-a-lunch/693283/42 "2014-07-18T20:11:27Z")

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> [@mhendo](#):
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> Firstly, it is legal in the majority of American states to record your telephone calls without telling the other party.
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> Federal law requires only single-party notification, so under federal law you can record any call that you are involved in. Most states follow the same law. About 12-14\* states have what are called two-party notification laws, where the people on BOTH ends of the call need to be notified that it is being recorded. In those cases, if you want to record a call, you have to tell the person you are calling, and get their permission.

What if the call is across state lines? Would federal law take precedence then?

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-cancelling-your-comcast-subscription-pack-a-lunch/693283/43 "2014-07-19T12:36:54Z")

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> [@flight](#):
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> There is a period of several minutes where that is ALL HE SAYS. CSR is completely unphased.

No, just cancel the service.

Regards,  
Shodan

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