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Comcast Vent - Need other recs?

Is anyone else's Comcast bill sky high? We pay a little over $200 a month for internet, basic phone, and HD cable. This is crazy!

Any recs for other companies that are cheaper?

Re: Comcast Vent - Need other recs?

  • Yep, I'm fed up with them too, just too lazy to look into other companies and compare. We pay $120 just for cable and internet.
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  • No recs but do NOT get Direct TV. 
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  • Not much help here, just wanted to sympathize.  I'm not sure there are any better options.  We went to Direct TV after having Comcast and I don't mind it but it sucked how it goes out when it's raining (which has been often recently!).
  • We have Direct TV and internet through Qwest and have not had any problems.

    We pay $85 after all fees and taxes. 

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    We have Direct TV and internet through Qwest and have not had any problems.

    We pay $85 after all fees and taxes. 

    Same deal for us.  No problems with either. 

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  • This doesn't really help long term, but DH went to Comcast's online chat thing to complain about our bill as well; they ended up giving us cable and internet for $79 for 6 months and 3 months free hd box/hbo/and some other channels. Wouldn't hurt to try that, and then buy you some time to search out other companies if you want.
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  • imageercsa29:

    We have Direct TV and internet through Qwest and have not had any problems.

    We pay $85 after all fees and taxes. 

    I think we're going to do this. We're paying $190 per month for HD stuff and HBO. We'll switch after True Blood ends. Then I think we'll get Netflix so we can watch stuff with the PS3 or Wii or whatever they have that streams over either playstation thingy.

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  • we just switched to directv and qwest too. 

     

    We called and asked comcast if they could do anything to lower our bill and they said no. When we called to cancel, they didn't even try to fight for our business.  

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  • Ugh, I hate how expensive Comcast is!  We used to pay well over $100 for internet and HD cable.  We finally downsized to just basic cable and internet and now pay $40-something.  It's much more affordable, but I do miss my HGTV and Food Network.  I've also been too lazy to see if there's a better deal out there.
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    imageercsa29:

    We have Direct TV and internet through Qwest and have not had any problems.

    We pay $85 after all fees and taxes. 

    Same deal for us.  No problems with either. 

    This is what we pay total for Dish Network and Qwest DSL for internet.


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  • We had them for internet and cable and then we found out Qwest offered 125 more channels and faster internet for the same price. So we switched.
  • We've been with DirectTv for 5 years and haven't had any real problems...The minor ones we have had though when I called to complain they gave us movie channels for free for 3 months...I thought that was pretty good customer service.  Can't help on the rest of it though because we don't have a landline or internet through Qwest so we just pay for their cable and that's about $60 a month.
  • this post inspired me to check out my internet options - the only thing tying me to my home phone is that there's no real savings if I drop my phone and just have internet through qwest.  

     I think I just figured out how to "tether" my cell phone and use it as a modem - just a quick google search and a free download and I'm online wirelessly!

  • Another vote for DirecTV. Love it! We had Comcast at our last home because it was a condo and we weren't allowed to install satellite dishes so DirecTV was not an option there. We switched to DTV when we moved into our house. You get so many more channels for a lower price than Comcast.

    Unfortunately, Qwest does not service our area, so we can't bundle our DTV with internet service. We pay separately and have our internet service through Frontier. I wish we could go through Qwest because it would be a lot cheaper. Right now we're paying about $120 for TV and internet because we're paying 2 separate companies (it breaks down to about $60 for DTV and $60 for internet).

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