DGDevin wrote:
dadiOH wrote:

desgnr wrote:
What is best ?
Comcast Cable TV or Satellite TV
If Satellite which provider is best deal ?

Best? There is no best. They all give you a jillion stations most
of which no one in their right mind ever watches and all of which are
loaded to the gills wih commercials. And at an inflated price
*because* they are giving you all that junk.

Why can't we pay a basic fee for service and then pick and choose the
channels we want?

The television industry has actively fought a la carte cable/satellite
because they see it as a threat to their profits. So guess who wins
that fight, the consumer, or an industry that can spend millions
lobbying politicians? But I've read that some Canadian cable
companies have packages where the consumer picks the five or ten or
fifteen etc. channels he wants--I'd consider getting cable again
(despite their average annual price increases of up to 6%) if that
were available. Until then I see no reason to pay for dozens of
channels I don't have the slightest interest in watching.

Most of the folks I know who have Comcast say it's a tough company to
deal with if you have problems--they really don't want to hear from
you if you need help. Comcast is a network of local systems they
bought up, so their technical and consumer-support quality apparently
varies between regions.

Here in Seattle, they've been very responsive to me.