<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hello, Phil -</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>We have comcast internet in Tangent but not TV, so I cannot respond to your specific TV travails. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style:
normal; "><span>In our case, when we signed up, it was the only game in town besides satellite. Now, there are a lot more options - both phone company and two wireless providers (internet). Comcast phone support has not been too bad, though my wife is the one who usually does that, not me, so I can't comment directly.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Personally, I would find your TV situation enough to quit. We get our TV over the air (OPB 7-1 & 7-2) plus an analog translator from Portland. I have a friend in Corvallis who gets his TV by antenna from Eugene. I suspect that Scapoose may be within the service areas of some of
the Portland TV stations, though your living situation probably does not allow for roof antennas. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Here, we have several neighbors with comcast TV. I think that most leave the converter on, just as we do with the data modem. I've heard very few technical complaints, here.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style:
normal; ">Jim Wagner</div><div><br></div> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Philip Russell <phil@cmug.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> CMUG Nelson <cmug-talk@peak.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 10, 2013 10:37 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Cmug-talk] ComCast in Scappoose<br> </font> </div> <br>Just want to lodge a different opinion of comcast.net. I am talking about the TV part, not computer or phone, which are we'll OK I guess.<br>I selected comcast.net in Scappoose, OR. I find it exceptionally worse than DirecTV, which I had in Waldport.<br>If there is a problem you go through
just tons of recorded voices. Getting a person on the phone is very very time consuming.<br>I find that just turning on the TV set is difficult. Two items have to turn on -- set and cable -- and often they will not turn on with a single push of the on/off button. When that occurs you have to play around to turn on the off item, or turn both off and start over.<br><br>Not just that, but comcast advertises 50 meg internet access for computer. It is not 50 meg, it is 16-18 meg! Century is 12, which I had in Waldport.<br><br>I know you all like comcast OK. I just hate it. <br><br>Just voicing a different opinion. When my two year contract is over, I will be switching to Century Internet, which uses DirecTV.<br><br>Phil<br>_______________________________________________<br>Cmug-talk mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Cmug-talk@peak.org" href="mailto:Cmug-talk@peak.org">Cmug-talk@peak.org</a><br><a href="http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/cmug-talk"
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