Bye Bye Comcast

Comcast has been our TV provider since we got married almost 11 years ago. At the time, Verizon DSL was our internet. DSL was being fazed out and eventually we added Comcast internet. One internet and one TV.

It started as a reasonable price but over the years has increased even with new promotions. Last year, it would have cost the same as Verizon FiOS so we just kept it. But this year, that changed.

The Verizon FiOS technician is on the way. He just called. For $107 a month, that includes taxes and fees locally, we'll have TWO TVs and one internet. The best Comcast could offer was $117 a month with taxes and fees included ONE TV and one internet. It would have been $127 for Zach's TV to do more then DVDs.

We are getting more for $10 less. Comcast has simply gone too far. They have gotten too greedy. With disposable income what it is in American today, price matters. In most cases, the cheapest gets the customer. As long as the quality is reasonable. These days, there are a lot of cheap things that are of good quality.

Their stock is down, they've downsized and are constantly under scrutiny for their poor customer service. I found, once you got past all the automation and buttons that need pressing, Comcast Employees were mostly nice. In fact. I wished two of them luck job searching. It's smart career planning to leave Comcast now.

The only channel that will be missed is Nick2. Zach is survive. He liked it at a time of day when SpongeBob Squarepants was on the other Nickelodeon channels. He still has other options. He also can get the same shows on demand!

Bye Bye Comcast, Hello FiOS!!!