Posted on Aug 27, 2014
What do you think of COMCAST Data Caps & TWC Merger?
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Does anyone have COMCAST? What do you think of the trials? I am in August where they cap you at 300GB per month. If you go past that, you pay $10 per 50GB. Now, it may seem like a lot data, but isn't depending on what you do.
Since the data is capped, they are forcing you to buy their crappy cable services. If you have a family of 4 and 2 two stream shows all hours of the day, you can easily hit 500GB within a month. If you have a playstation and/or xbox, games can run nearly 20GB a piece (that does not include updates). I am sick and tired of COMCAST and what is even worse, they are buying out TWC. COMCAST is a horrible monopoly and there is no other choice for services. They show fake commercials of happy people and send me endless junk mail to upgrade to their TRIPLE play. Who uses a home phone? Anyways, I'm just ranting. I dislike this evil company and how they are stifling innovation. This hurts gamers, webmasters, and families who do not want cable and etc.
They are charging for profit, not for network optimization. They changed my DL speeds from 50mbps to 105mbps. Trust me, it's not to be nice. They want everyone to download faster and more. The FCC really needs to get involved.
Since the data is capped, they are forcing you to buy their crappy cable services. If you have a family of 4 and 2 two stream shows all hours of the day, you can easily hit 500GB within a month. If you have a playstation and/or xbox, games can run nearly 20GB a piece (that does not include updates). I am sick and tired of COMCAST and what is even worse, they are buying out TWC. COMCAST is a horrible monopoly and there is no other choice for services. They show fake commercials of happy people and send me endless junk mail to upgrade to their TRIPLE play. Who uses a home phone? Anyways, I'm just ranting. I dislike this evil company and how they are stifling innovation. This hurts gamers, webmasters, and families who do not want cable and etc.
They are charging for profit, not for network optimization. They changed my DL speeds from 50mbps to 105mbps. Trust me, it's not to be nice. They want everyone to download faster and more. The FCC really needs to get involved.
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I'm currently a TWC customer, and despite all the horror stories, I've really not had any serious problems with them. I am fortunate enough to live in an area where AT&T U verse is also available so that may have something to do with it. The past few years when I have received my annual "your rates are going up" letter from TWC, I call and tell them that U Verse is less expensive (honestly, they are all about the same) and they have quickly offered me a lower price than my current price each time, so now I'm paying less than I was when I moved here in 2006! Granted, I'm not spending the $ for the top speed internet, I think I'm at 20Mbps, but it meet my current needs quite well, and I've never seen anything from TWC on data caps. If they do have them, I obviously haven't exceeded it yet.
Having said all of that, I am NOT a fan of the proposed merger with Comcast. I really do hope that the merger is blocked. Both of these companies already have large monopolized areas of the country and a merger will just make them completely insufferable in those areas.
At least I do have the option of U verse... but really is a 'lesser of the evils' choice with any cable provider; they are ALL overpriced.
Having said all of that, I am NOT a fan of the proposed merger with Comcast. I really do hope that the merger is blocked. Both of these companies already have large monopolized areas of the country and a merger will just make them completely insufferable in those areas.
At least I do have the option of U verse... but really is a 'lesser of the evils' choice with any cable provider; they are ALL overpriced.
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TWC is not that bad. The have no data caps, make self installation easy and lowered their rates. It's just bad Comcast is buying them out.
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MSG Wade Huffman
CPT (Join to see) , I did hear of the proposal, but didn't realize that it had been approved. I still do not see how this could possibly benefit the consumer. I'm just glad I do live in an area that has a direct competitor with AT&T, hopefully that will continue to work to my advantage either way.
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Comcast and TWC both horrible internet providers. I had comcast in VA and now TWC in NC...they were made for each other. I dont beleive we have a cap, but trying to get stable interent is a struggle.
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Haha, Comcast is voted as the most hated company... More hated than EA. Think TWC was #2.
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Consolidation within the cable market has been nothing but bad for consumers. In every state I've lived in, I've had essentially ONE choice of cable/internet provider. Comcast doesn't have to provide good customer service because most customers have NO option to go elsewhere. You'll either pay them for cable or pay them for internet, because they own both.
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I fully agree. The FCC has not been pro consumer ever since the rulling that happened not to long ago. Have to pull it up later.
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