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Remember, they're xfinity now.
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Where was you power cord plugged in?
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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.
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Quality 5/5 featured blog.
Also, I hate Comcast too.
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Still waiting for fios to come to my NYC block...
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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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Hyrule18937 Posts
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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Comcast like 80% of telecom companies are pretty much a large glutinous joke.
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Hong Kong9148 Posts
god help me if I ever move to a place where Comcast has a monopoly
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Hyrule18937 Posts
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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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.
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Pitcairn19291 Posts
Comcast net so terror.
Sorry ETT if you read this.
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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.
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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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I heard google and verizon are the best isps? Is that true?
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Hyrule18937 Posts
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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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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On June 24 2012 01:24 tofucake wrote:Show nested quote +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.
This is the best advice in this thread.
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