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I had Comcast for many years, switched to U-Verse based on a knock on my door. 6 months in I was still battling to get the deal the salesman promised when another knock on my door sent me back to Comcast.
Comcast has a monopoly where I am. They pretty much suck (maybe because they have a monopoly). Poor value -- expensive for what you get. Customer service lacking big-time. No other choice except satellite and I don't want that.
Verizon FIOs was much better technically, and you get a lot more for your money. Many more premium and HD channels.
I don't know why these idiotic monopolies are even legal and not subject to the antitrust laws, but it has something to do with a law made in the 90s.
I've read that the new Trump admin is not in favor of net neutrality and will allow them all to start charging for bandwidth use. Good for big cable companies. Bad for streaming and consumers. Get the picture? (no pun intended)
That said I was under the impression that if you had Uverse you could keep it but new customers were being sold Directv
AT&T has stopped producing Uverse set top boxes so new customers are Direct TV. Existing customers will be moved over to Direct TV as well as new services are added as AT&T doesn't want to upgrade the existing copper and fiber lines. Their goal is provide TV, phone, internet, and mobile via Direct TV.
Comcast has a monopoly where I am. They pretty much suck (maybe because they have a monopoly). Poor value -- expensive for what you get. Customer service lacking big-time. No other choice except satellite and I don't want that.
Verizon FIOs was much better technically, and you get a lot more for your money. Many more premium and HD channels.
I don't know why these idiotic monopolies are even legal and not subject to the antitrust laws, but it has something to do with a law made in the 90s.
I've read that the new Trump admin is not in favor of net neutrality and will allow them all to start charging for bandwidth use. Good for big cable companies. Bad for streaming and consumers. Get the picture? (no pun intended)
Often, the issue is that not many companies are willing to pay for the installation of their dedicated infrastructure to provide service. The installation can cost hundreds of millions and justification of revenue and profit has to be there in order to make the investment. Even Google has decided to get away from installing fiber and looking to use wireless technology to deliver content.
My town has Comcast, Fios, and RCN and that is only because we are one of the high tech towns in the Boston area. The commercial potential is enough for all those companies to install their own infrastructure. But unless you are in a new customer special, the pricing is all about the same.
I have Comcast. Wait times when you have to call about something and the price are really the only negatives I've had.
I really like their platform. It is very easy to navigate. Very fast. My mom and sister both had U-Verse and switched to Comcast after seeing how much faster Comcast was and how easy it is to find everything. My OnDemand loads instantly. I remember using it with U-Verse and it took well over a minute. I can't remember having a single cable outage in the three years I've had it. My internet has went out twice, but it was back within 30 minutes. My mom had outages all the time with U-Verse.
How is the Netflix working for you that have it on Comcast now?
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