[dba-Tech] Comcast usage with no internet

Thu Aug 4 10:04:09 CDT 2016

Well I only comment based on my own experience with them.  My comment
was intended to say that not everyone has issues with Comcast.  Our
cable service provider changed names several times over the years but
has been Comcast now for quite a while, 15 years at least, and if
anything the service and value hasn't gotten any worse since it's been
Comcast.  The few times I have needed service they have been easy to
deal with and my problems were fixed.  My internet speed is very good.
We have phone, TV and Internet through them.  I can watch any TV show
anyplace through them on my phone or tablet.  I can answer my home
phone from my cell phone from anywhere.  It is expensive but so are
the alternatives.  They have a local "Comcast store" a mile from my
home where if I do have a hardware problem I can get an exchange in
minutes.   They recently upgraded my service and reduced my price
without my asking "because I was a longtime customer".  Really other
than the price I don't have any complaints with them from my own
personal experience.

On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 12:40 AM, Peter Brawley
<peter.brawley at earthlink.net> wrote:
> On 8/3/2016 21:54, Gary Kjos wrote:
>>
>> They are big so people will naturally hate them.  They own NBC, The
>> Golf Channel, Universal Pictures, Universal Theme parks. Everybody
>> naturally hates their cable company.  It's the nature of the beast.
>
>
> Easy on the generalisations. Comcast seems to have earned its bad rep and
> then some. My "cable company" is the satellite provider DirecTV, now owned
> by AT&T, and while it costs too much and the software's terrible, I don't
> hate 'em.
>
> PB
>
> -----
>
>
>> You don't pay your bill and it's the cable companies fault that they
>> shut off your service. Sure it is. They got as big as they are by
>> buying up other companies many of which probably sucked and so they
>> inherited dissatisfied customers.
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 9:46 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> I can not say from first hand experience as I have never used Comcast. My
>>> understanding comes from people (and a business), in Washington state, that
>>> have been using their service. Their issues are varied; unreliable,
>>> monopolistic (with the associated attitude) and now a service scam (the last
>>> straw).
>>>
>>> I am glad to hear that your experiences are different. Maybe, having
>>> competition does attribute to a better service from the supplier. ;-)
>>>
>>> We here have the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications
>>> Commission), a government regulating agency. It is not a perfect solution as
>>> it regulations can be adversely affected by the size of a political
>>> contribution and the particular political party in office but OTOH, it could
>>> be so much worse. An industry and a monopoly seem to always ends up
>>> negatively impacting the public.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Gary Kjos" <garykjos at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues"
>>> <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2016 7:21:14 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Comcast usage with no internet
>>>
>>> I am a Comcast customer and have no problem with them at all.  50 MB
>>> down and 13 Mb up just now when I tested. Have had nothing but good
>>> service and reliability.  We have DSL competition here for internet
>>> and of course several Satalite carriers for TV.  Most of the USA has
>>> multiple carriers to choose from for Internet and TV service now.
>>>
>>> GK
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 5:49 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thank you, Byran...you are right of course...I knew that.
>>>>
>>>> Aside: If we think we have it bad with our three duopoly Cable
>>>> companies, in Canada, the Comcast monopoly, south of the border, takes
>>>> retched to a new level. Not only is their connection speed, reliability and
>>>> no-competition agreements been terrible, it seems they have been scamming
>>>> their customers as well. Finally, Washington state is invoking a
>>>> class-action suit against Comcast: http://bit.ly/2aRohHm . What a scummy
>>>> company.
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Bryan Carbonnell" <carbonnb at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues"
>>>> <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 3, 2016 6:14:36 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Comcast usage with no internet
>>>>
>>>> You mean ChromeCast and not Comcast right?
>>>>
>>>> B
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 2:29 AM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi All:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hot off the presses. If you have been using or are thinking of getting
>>>>> a comcast device for your TV (http://bit.ly/2atBa4Q), so you can stream
>>>>> video or music from any of your computers and hate going through or
>>>>> depending on the internet, the new app Localcast, is for you.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://scalableminds.github.io/localcast/#download
>>>>>
>>>>> Right now it is only available for the MAC, but it will be available
>>>>> for all platforms so. Linux users can download the source and compile the
>>>>> app themselves but Windows users are going to have to wait. The wait should
>>>>> not be long...a couple of months?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jim
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>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> shouting "What a great ride!"
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