It is with great pleasure that I report the demise of the Adelphia. Time Warner and Comcast are pecking through the carcass of the bankrupt cable company. Sometime in the next year, assuming FCC and DOJ approval, I'll become a Comcast customer for cable modem service. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing...
Time Warner Cable and Comcast to Acquire Assets of Adelphia Communications (TW))
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Yeah, my sentiments, exactl... (Below threshold)1. Posted by -S- | April 21, 2005 10:40 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Yeah, my sentiments, exactly. "Asshats" is an understatement as to category, however.
1. Posted by -S- | April 21, 2005 10:40 PM |
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Posted on April 21, 2005 22:40
2. Posted by -S- | April 21, 2005 10:40 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Next they need to take a closer look at COX.
2. Posted by -S- | April 21, 2005 10:40 PM |
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Posted on April 21, 2005 22:40
3. Posted by McGehee | April 21, 2005 10:54 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Better Comcast than Time-Warner.
3. Posted by McGehee | April 21, 2005 10:54 PM |
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Posted on April 21, 2005 22:54
4. Posted by Indigo | April 21, 2005 11:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Must be a regional thing, McGehee. Time-Warner is The Bomb in my area. I love 'em.
4. Posted by Indigo | April 21, 2005 11:19 PM |
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Posted on April 21, 2005 23:19
5. Posted by fatman | April 21, 2005 11:24 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
If my experience with Comcast cable is any indicator, I'd start looking into dsl or (shudder) dialup if I were you. I no longer own a tv because the reception is so lousy without cable, my apartment building won't let me have a dish, and I ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY REFUSE to do business with Comcast (sorry about the shouting; this subject does that to me).
5. Posted by fatman | April 21, 2005 11:24 PM |
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Posted on April 21, 2005 23:24
6. Posted by andy | April 21, 2005 11:34 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I have digital cable, HDTV, DVR, and broadband all through Comcast in Denver, and I'm 97.43% satisfied after about 18 months of service.
6. Posted by andy | April 21, 2005 11:34 PM |
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Posted on April 21, 2005 23:34
7. Posted by robert | April 22, 2005 12:58 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A regional thing, I agree. I've been on Comcast in two areas, one great the other sucks.
7. Posted by robert | April 22, 2005 12:58 AM |
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Posted on April 22, 2005 00:58
8. Posted by ken | April 22, 2005 6:40 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
no complaints about Comcast besides seeing prices go up and up but that's what happens when you have no choice in cable providers. the one thing they are working on is inserting commercials into DVR'd content... don't like that at all since one reason you use the DVR is to avoid commercials.
8. Posted by ken | April 22, 2005 6:40 AM |
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Posted on April 22, 2005 06:40
9. Posted by John S. | April 22, 2005 8:05 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Let's see. Comcast cable modem cost twice what a Verizon DSL costs, but at 4 mbps it's 4 times faster. And over 2 years my connection has been 99.999% reliable. I wouldn't use Verizon and reliable in the same sentence.
9. Posted by John S. | April 22, 2005 8:05 AM |
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Posted on April 22, 2005 08:05
10. Posted by awptimus | April 22, 2005 8:17 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Kevin: I work for comcast, what are are you?
10. Posted by awptimus | April 22, 2005 8:17 AM |
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Posted on April 22, 2005 08:17
11. Posted by Tom G | April 22, 2005 8:40 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
For what it's worth, Comcast's digital cable and cable internet have been pretty good for me in Richmond, VA.
11. Posted by Tom G | April 22, 2005 8:40 AM |
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Posted on April 22, 2005 08:40
12. Posted by John Cole | April 22, 2005 10:17 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I have been an Adelphia customer for ten years in Morgantown, WV, and I have never had a problem with them.
Maybe I don't know how bad they are because I have never dealt with anyone else, but I just don;t know.
What did Adelphia do that made you all hate them (other than Rigas being a damned crook)?
12. Posted by John Cole | April 22, 2005 10:17 AM |
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Posted on April 22, 2005 10:17
13. Posted by Hoodlumman | April 22, 2005 1:51 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I've been a Comcast cable user for over five years. It's been a good service.
I'm also a digital cable with HDTV service. Good services... pricey but worth it, to me.
13. Posted by Hoodlumman | April 22, 2005 1:51 PM |
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Posted on April 22, 2005 13:51
14. Posted by KenS | April 22, 2005 5:37 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Too bad for Adelphia and the family that controlled it.
They were fabulously rich but apparently thought of Adelphia as personal property because the owned so much of it for so long.
14. Posted by KenS | April 22, 2005 5:37 PM |
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Posted on April 22, 2005 17:37
15. Posted by awptimus | April 23, 2005 12:30 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I just realized I said "what are are you" I meant "what area are you?"
15. Posted by awptimus | April 23, 2005 12:30 PM |
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Posted on April 23, 2005 12:30