Because Comcast has several major holdings in media companies and are themselves owned by media companies. They have a vested interest in keeping your eyeballs and making you pay to watch commercials.
If it helps you feel better, think of it as they wanted to give you a discount on internet and threw in some TV channels for free. On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Jacob Albretsen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday, January 25, 2013 03:15:55 PM Eric Olsen wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Merrill Oveson <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Anybody know how I can report this deceptive practice to The Better >> > Business Bureau? >> >> Dan already answered, but to help get you direct to the point: >> http://www.bbb.org/us/File-Complaint/ > > My biggest complaint is their pricing games. 6 - 12 months at this price, > then 12 more months at this price if you sign a contract. When I had comcast > put into my apartment 5 years ago, the installation tech bragged and bragged > about how great comcast was because they didn't make you sign contracts. I've > seen several older posts on the internet that say similar things. Now? You > have to sign a contract. I've flat out told them twice I will not sign a > contract because years ago not having one was one of their sales pitches. I > usually been able to get them to still give me a deal. > > The other thing that put me off.... my wife and I decided that we really don't > watch that much TV, and anything we want to see we can get off Apple TV. So I > called to take off the cable from my cable / internet bundle. The price for > just internet was actually MORE that the cable / internet bundle. I forget > the exact figure, but by like 10 - 15 bucks. That's like a meal deal with > fries and a coke for 8 bucks, but if I just want the burger, it's 10 bucks. > So right now, the only reason I have cable because that together with the > internet is cheaper than just the internet. > > Why can't they just have set pricing for each item for anyone that has it > instead of this 6 months for cheap and the next 6 we'll empty your wallet? > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
