<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I too gave up on Comcast because of the same experiences. <br><br><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Geoffrey Myers</span></div><div><br>On Jan 2, 2015, at 1:19 PM, "Michael H. Warfield" <<a href="mailto:mhw@WittsEnd.com">mhw@WittsEnd.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>[Disclaimer]</span><br><span></span><br><span>I gave up on Comcast years ago. Even if they offered me twice the</span><br><span>bandwidth they do now at half the price they do now, I would refuse. I</span><br><span>got tired of all the lies they told me (multiple documented occasions)</span><br><span>years ago. I can tolerate incompetence or ignorance but malice</span><br><span>aforethought will not stand. I have plenty of bitching points with ATT</span><br><span>Uverse but, at least, willful lies are not one of them...</span><br><span></span><br><span>That all being said...</span><br><span></span><br><span>[/Disclaimer]</span><br><span></span><br><span>The saga of Comcast using your premises and your electricity to promote</span><br><span>THEIR wifi services is well documented. I saw this first hand just this</span><br><span>last month where the clutter of Xfiniti public access points (on all</span><br><span>possible channels) were drowning out (beaconing) the legitimate services</span><br><span>in a residential neighborhood, making non-xfiniti services unreliable</span><br><span>even within a single home where we were staying.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The horror stories of their so called "customer support" is also well</span><br><span>documented... Safe advice is now to ALWAYS record any support call with</span><br><span>Comcast... Latest in that saga...</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141231/01553029553/yet-another-horrible-comcast-customer-service-experience-goes-viral.shtml">https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141231/01553029553/yet-another-horrible-comcast-customer-service-experience-goes-viral.shtml</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Now, they are increasing your "rental fees" by 25% for the privilege of</span><br><span>providing their "service" to their customers using your facilities. The</span><br><span>rental fee on "their" cable modem is going up...</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/31/on-comcast-buy-your-own-modem/">http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/31/on-comcast-buy-your-own-modem/</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>I still have a couple of my old DOCSIS 2 modems from the last time I was</span><br><span>wasting my time with Comicalcast. But now, at $120 a year to rent their</span><br><span>"we advertise our own open service from your property" modems, why is</span><br><span>anyone still renting their modems? Morotola DOCSIS 3 cable modems are</span><br><span>starting around $70 on Amazon? That's what? 7 MONTHS return on</span><br><span>investment?!?! And you are not providing them with free electricity and</span><br><span>facilities for their network or cluttering the air with their access</span><br><span>point beacons. How do they continue to get away with this???</span><br><span></span><br><span>Mike</span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>Michael H. Warfield (AI4NB) | (770) 978-7061 | <a href="mailto:mhw@WittsEnd.com">mhw@WittsEnd.com</a></span><br><span> /\/\|=mhw=|\/\/ | (678) 463-0932 | <a href="http://www.wittsend.com/mhw/">http://www.wittsend.com/mhw/</a></span><br><span> NIC whois: MHW9 | An optimist believes we live in the best of all</span><br><span> PGP Key: 0x674627FF | possible worlds. A pessimist is sure of it!</span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Ale mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a></span><br><span>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at</span><br><span><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>