Lady Walker of Signal Mountain writes this opinion piece in The Chattanoogan.com
Latest update from Comcast. If you have cable, from today on you will only be able to access local channels—nothing more. From this point forward you must rent boxes from Comcast at $1.99 per box per month plus taxes. They will generously, out of the goodness of their hearts, (sarcasm intended) give 2 boxes per household at no cost. Not to mention that they have been moving all of their channels upwards in the higher numbers over the past months so that you must also purchase an additional digital service package.
When I called Comcast a couple of months ago, I was told not to worry, that as long as we had Comcast service, there would be no problem with our televisions (true, they just didn’t tell you that the price of playing poker is going up and that they are holding all of the aces). Now things have changed so that Comcast has deviated from the FCC plan for digital conversion, and this is their way of generating additional income from their subscribers. I was told today that this new plan will allow Comcast to provide faster internet signals and additional HD channels. When I asked when this would occur and at what additional costs I was told that information wasn’t available.
I also asked if things changed again and we would no longer need these additional boxes, would Comcast notify us. I was told yes that Comcast always notifies their customers of price decreases (true again, they NEVER decrease their prices and the customers NEVER get notified). I guess that’s why I never saw anything in the billing memos, because when was the last time Comcast lowered prices and still provided decent functioning services at a lower rate? (sorry, more sarcasm)So, pay for your expanded cable service, pay for your additional boxes and pay more later for your internet and additional HD channels. Basically, we are being held for ransom by Comcast pirates. I really hope that EPB’s new fiber optic system can come through and give local consumers a choice for our television services.
Aren’t these Chattanoogans nice people? They obviously understand that they are being BENT OVER by Comcast and their response is sarcasm, and MORE sarcasm (and then they apologize for it)! Do you ever wonder why companies like Comcast choose these “nice” communities to pilot their new SCREW THE CUSTOMER campaigns?
HEY CHATTANOOGA…WAKE UP!!! You have other options. You can get free TV from your antenna (the picture quality is superior to Comcast on their best day), or just simply CUT-THE-CABLE. At least go out and buy yourselves a jar of Vaseline…Geez.