[ale] OT I had to relate this Comcast conversation with y'all

[rfaulkner at Tux86.org (Rich Faulkner)]

Our service with Comcast is DATA ONLY.  Got no arguments on the order
when I placed it.  Just data only at the promo rate of $39.99 a month
for a year (something like that).  I have a single cable segment running
from the pole to my cable modem.  (A special installation to my network
closet).  My d/l speeds have been over 30Mbps while u/l has been on the
order of 4Mbps.  A far cry better than the 512Kbps up we had under AT&T!
We do daily u/l of data to XM Satellite Radio for program content so
this was a big bonus in the move!  We also stream a ton of content to
flat panels.  

We don't have cable TV nor satellite TV.  If it ain't on PBS or open air
digital; then we don't watch it.  Dumped Netflix when they got dumped by
Stars.  Comcast does send us junk mail on getting service (and I believe
that we do have basic cable service with the data) but I refuse to wire
it to the panels.  The kids don't need it and I don't want it.  


On Tue, 2012-06-26 at 22:24 -0400, Gmail Maillists wrote:

> You can convince them to unbundle with quite a few no's and perhaps a bit of rudeness (hmmm strong insistence, really!)... I've gotten the highest internet speed package, but only basic cable, and then added hbo, but without anything else. I also helps to find a local number though. 
> 
> Kaerka Phillips


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