BombsAway Bob
12-24-2007, 12:00 PM
Bend Over: Our Annual Comcast Cable Fleecing On Way!
Category: News and Politics (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.viewCategory&FriendID=88670957&BlogCategoryID=17)
"Comcast Annual Christmas Rate Hike- It's Contemptuous!"
New Year, New Rate Hike! Comcast has abused customers for YEARS. The annual bump in our bill with NO improvement in channel variety is a disgrace! Other Businesses would salivate at the notion of jacking up prices 3% every year for no reason but greed!
There should be a FEDERAL INVESTIGATION why Comcast FORCES you to pay from $7.50 to $10 A MONTH IN RENTAL FEES for every Digital & Hi-Def CABLE BOX! That's AN EXTRA $90 to $120 EVERY YEAR in RENTAL FEES (PER TV) to view shows you're already paying $45-$75 a month for! And don't forget the "REMOTE CONTROL" RENTAL FEE (on every box, every month!) I've had 2 boxes for 4 years now; that's $720 just in RENTAL FEES!?!? Even "RENT-To-Own" Companies eventually end the fleecing of their customers after 48 to 60 months! Why can't I BUY MY COMCAST Cable Box OUTRIGHT instead of this LIFETIME RENTAL price-gouging?
Anther recent bad Comcast Cable decision: moving GSN (Game Show Network) from channel 68(-basic cable) to digital channel 267. Channel 68 was nothing more than 12hrs. of Revenue-making Paid infomercials(though Comcast often pre-empted GSN shows at Peak-hours like 5:30pm or 7:00pm for cosmetic surgery ads,)& 12 hours of GSN. GSN was a welcome respite for many senior TV viewers, watching old game shows like "Match Game", "Password", or "Who Wants to be a Millionaire". It's familiar, enjoyable, clean programming hard to fine on current TV. Now people on fixed incomes that want to watch GSN are forced to pony up for digital cable to view it! Shame. GSN is a classic example of a "basic-tier" cable channel, with low operating costs & rerun programming. How Comcast Justifies putting it in a higher-level cable package? GREED, as Usual!
Sincerely, Bob Grant, Fitchburg,MA ( Comcast TV & internet customer)
www.myspace.com/bobgrant3 (http://www.myspace.com/bobgrant3)
Category: News and Politics (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.viewCategory&FriendID=88670957&BlogCategoryID=17)
"Comcast Annual Christmas Rate Hike- It's Contemptuous!"
New Year, New Rate Hike! Comcast has abused customers for YEARS. The annual bump in our bill with NO improvement in channel variety is a disgrace! Other Businesses would salivate at the notion of jacking up prices 3% every year for no reason but greed!
There should be a FEDERAL INVESTIGATION why Comcast FORCES you to pay from $7.50 to $10 A MONTH IN RENTAL FEES for every Digital & Hi-Def CABLE BOX! That's AN EXTRA $90 to $120 EVERY YEAR in RENTAL FEES (PER TV) to view shows you're already paying $45-$75 a month for! And don't forget the "REMOTE CONTROL" RENTAL FEE (on every box, every month!) I've had 2 boxes for 4 years now; that's $720 just in RENTAL FEES!?!? Even "RENT-To-Own" Companies eventually end the fleecing of their customers after 48 to 60 months! Why can't I BUY MY COMCAST Cable Box OUTRIGHT instead of this LIFETIME RENTAL price-gouging?
Anther recent bad Comcast Cable decision: moving GSN (Game Show Network) from channel 68(-basic cable) to digital channel 267. Channel 68 was nothing more than 12hrs. of Revenue-making Paid infomercials(though Comcast often pre-empted GSN shows at Peak-hours like 5:30pm or 7:00pm for cosmetic surgery ads,)& 12 hours of GSN. GSN was a welcome respite for many senior TV viewers, watching old game shows like "Match Game", "Password", or "Who Wants to be a Millionaire". It's familiar, enjoyable, clean programming hard to fine on current TV. Now people on fixed incomes that want to watch GSN are forced to pony up for digital cable to view it! Shame. GSN is a classic example of a "basic-tier" cable channel, with low operating costs & rerun programming. How Comcast Justifies putting it in a higher-level cable package? GREED, as Usual!
Sincerely, Bob Grant, Fitchburg,MA ( Comcast TV & internet customer)
www.myspace.com/bobgrant3 (http://www.myspace.com/bobgrant3)