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I Hate Comcast With a Fiery Passion

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tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19022 Posts
June 23 2012 14:34 GMT
#1
My Comcast DVR went on the fritz. Literally. Sometime during Thursday while I was at work my TV stopped working. After reading online I figured "okay it might work if I leave it unplugged for a couple days. But I wanted to watch TV. So I plugged in one of my computer monitors to my DVR. I turn on the DVR and *bzzt poof* puff of smoke. Monitor is dead. I'm confident the TV suffered the same fate. Different HDMI cables and everything. Monitor isn't even 6 months old.

Now I get to wade through all the bullshit of call customer support -> have tech come out (Monday, 7-9) -> tell me he can't magic my stuff back to life -> call customer support -> get jerked around for a while before I get anywhere.

Odds are they'll give me a new cable box, $20 off my next bill, and tell me to go fuck myself.

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nttea
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Sweden4353 Posts
June 23 2012 14:55 GMT
#2
ghrur
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3786 Posts
June 23 2012 15:14 GMT
#3
Remember, they're xfinity now.
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ecstatica
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States542 Posts
June 23 2012 15:17 GMT
#4
Where was you power cord plugged in?
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Dacendoran
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States825 Posts
June 23 2012 15:36 GMT
#5
Ask to speak to a supervisor, threaten to change to a different cable company. Call many times angrily that's what I had to do constantly when I had Comcast "It's COMCASTIC! ;D".

I'm guessing your DVR fried your monitor through 110volts straight into your HDMI cable or it shorted through the power cord, which either way is probably comcast's fault. I'm sure you can get more than 10$ off of your next bill.
Praetorial
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States4241 Posts
June 23 2012 15:41 GMT
#6
Quality 5/5 featured blog.

Also, I hate Comcast too.
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Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States5045 Posts
June 23 2012 15:44 GMT
#7
Still waiting for fios to come to my NYC block...
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TheAmazombie
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States3714 Posts
June 23 2012 15:53 GMT
#8
Yeah...that sounds about right. I had Comcast when I lived in Cali and goddamn they are a fucking awful company. This is part of the reason that I refuse to pay for cable anymore.
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tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19022 Posts
June 23 2012 15:54 GMT
#9
On June 24 2012 00:36 Dacendoran wrote:
Ask to speak to a supervisor, threaten to change to a different cable company. Call many times angrily that's what I had to do constantly when I had Comcast "It's COMCASTIC! ;D".

I'm guessing your DVR fried your monitor through 110volts straight into your HDMI cable or it shorted through the power cord, which either way is probably comcast's fault. I'm sure you can get more than 10$ off of your next bill.

Unfortunately Comcast has a monopoly around here.


On June 24 2012 00:17 ecstatica wrote:
Where was you power cord plugged in?

surge protector
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peidongyang
Profile Joined January 2009
Canada2084 Posts
June 23 2012 15:58 GMT
#10
Comcast like 80% of telecom companies are pretty much a large glutinous joke.
the throws never bothered me anyway
itsjustatank
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Hong Kong9152 Posts
June 23 2012 16:12 GMT
#11
god help me if I ever move to a place where Comcast has a monopoly
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tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19022 Posts
June 23 2012 16:24 GMT
#12
On June 24 2012 01:12 itsjustatank wrote:
god help me if I ever move to a place where Comcast has a monopoly

Avoid Philly, Comcast's home town. You can get Verizon FiOS in something like 2% of the city, Verizon DSL in another 10%. Comcast has contracts with almost all of the apartment complexes for exclusivity for internet. Options for TV are typically Comcast or Dish/DirecTV. The burbs are less shitty, but the only high speed internet around here is Comcast.
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Viperskwa
Profile Joined July 2009
United States106 Posts
June 23 2012 16:27 GMT
#13
I have a feeling that since multiple equipment is dying and shorting out that its not comcast's fault here. When ecstatica asked where you plugged in your power cord, I think he was looking more for what kind of grounds do you have in the house?

If you're getting dirty power, not grounded properly, etc, stuff can and will break/fry/surge.

Not here to defend comcast, I just hate to see everyone blame comcast for EVERYTHING that happens.
Roffles *
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Pitcairn19291 Posts
June 23 2012 16:43 GMT
#14
Comcast net so terror.

Sorry ETT if you read this.
God Bless
Hnnngg
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1101 Posts
June 23 2012 16:49 GMT
#15
On June 24 2012 01:27 Viperskwa wrote:
I have a feeling that since multiple equipment is dying and shorting out that its not comcast's fault here. When ecstatica asked where you plugged in your power cord, I think he was looking more for what kind of grounds do you have in the house?

If you're getting dirty power, not grounded properly, etc, stuff can and will break/fry/surge.

Not here to defend comcast, I just hate to see everyone blame comcast for EVERYTHING that happens.


Shush Brian L. Roberts.
Silentness
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States2821 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-23 16:55:47
June 23 2012 16:55 GMT
#16
lol I use have to Comcast back when I lived with my parents. They still have Comcast. I have Time Warner for internet now (which isn't any better).

LG Dacom is the worst fucking internet I've ever had though. I'm in the Air Force and when I was stationed in Korea they had a monopoly on our Air Base. It felt worse than 56k at certain time periods of the day and on the weekends. Which is hilarious because off base the internet is SUPER FAST of course...

anyways I'm rambling about other ISPs. Comcast still sucks though.
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fatfail
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States386 Posts
June 23 2012 17:43 GMT
#17
I heard google and verizon are the best isps? Is that true?
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tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19022 Posts
June 23 2012 17:58 GMT
#18
On June 24 2012 01:27 Viperskwa wrote:
I have a feeling that since multiple equipment is dying and shorting out that its not comcast's fault here. When ecstatica asked where you plugged in your power cord, I think he was looking more for what kind of grounds do you have in the house?

If you're getting dirty power, not grounded properly, etc, stuff can and will break/fry/surge.

Not here to defend comcast, I just hate to see everyone blame comcast for EVERYTHING that happens.

The two things are plugged into separate surge protectors on separate circuits. I was using the monitor for my computer about a minute before it died and it was entirely fine, as is everything else plugged into the same protector (2 other monitors, switch, PC, and a clock). The only thing the two have in common is the DVR.
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Malarkey817
Profile Joined June 2010
United States163 Posts
June 23 2012 18:16 GMT
#19
Who doesn't hate Comcast?

I had a nice twitter chat with @ComcastBill when they accidentally shut off my internet for a week straight.
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UndoneJin
Profile Joined February 2011
United States438 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-23 18:23:06
June 23 2012 18:20 GMT
#20
On June 24 2012 01:24 tofucake wrote:
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On June 24 2012 01:12 itsjustatank wrote:
god help me if I ever move to a place where Comcast has a monopoly

Avoid Philly, Comcast's home town. You can get Verizon FiOS in something like 2% of the city, Verizon DSL in another 10%. Comcast has contracts with almost all of the apartment complexes for exclusivity for internet. Options for TV are typically Comcast or Dish/DirecTV. The burbs are less shitty, but the only high speed internet around here is Comcast.


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