How to get free Comcast internet

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Update 12/1/2010: Seems like this blog post is still getting some action, so I wanted to share this response I got from Comcast (through my host). I thought it was funny. “Cumcast Customer Security Assurance” wants to silence reddit? and perhaps the internet? LOL.

Update 11/8/2010: Comcast has informed me they are in fact NOT free =). There are some people discussing this surprising revelation here: Becareful, clicking this will cause you to be trapped in an infinite loop.

Ps. Goodnight reddit. See you soon.

  • Anonymous

    Comcast can’t handle the truth!

  • http://www.austinriba.com Austin

    Well done. Im glad I got to read this before you take it down!

  • http://www.facebook.com/billraydrums Bill Ray Drums

    Well now, looks like Comcast is getting a lesson in what the Streisand Effect is.

    Perhaps you just cost them the “Triple play” profits, as they will have to retool their entire technician system.

    If Comcast is looking at this, please know that your customers are FAR from the idiots you are trained to see them as .

    LMAO Good job stickin’ it to the man.

  • http://www.facebook.com/billraydrums Bill Ray Drums

    Well now, looks like Comcast is getting a lesson in what the Streisand Effect is.

    Perhaps you just cost them the “Triple play” profits, as they will have to retool their entire technician system.

    If Comcast is looking at this, please know that your customers are FAR from the idiots you are trained to see them as .

    LMAO Good job stickin’ it to the man.

  • Rayne117

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    Thanks to likwidfuzion.

  • Rayne117

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    Thanks to likwidfuzion.

  • ssssh

    cheers, i’ve heard a lot that comcast is one of the worst companies around.

    they got a monopoly around a lot of parts of my area. seems so that they can badger more money out of you. we’ll call it ‘quantitative easing’.

  • Marty

    I left Comcast for similar reasons; I signed up for a 1-year special TV-only deal a while back, but after 6 months, they said most of it expired. I disagreed, and they said they didn’t have records, so asked me to bring in the original contract, which said something like “12 mo x 3″ for the 3 services (HBO, DVR, and digital TV, IIRC). So, I brought it in to my local office, waited in line, let them photocopy it, and they agreed that it did indeed say 12 months for everything. Well, they didn’t change the price, and when I called, it was the same story. This time, the person believed me, though (no mention of the proof, though), but said he couldn’t not honor the contract because they no longer offered it. He gave me another deal, and when I broke even with the original contract, I left them for AT&T uVerse.

    Too bad, as I think the cable TV is better, but it costs more, and they don’t stand behind their word, so their promos aren’t worth much.

  • Marty

    I left Comcast for similar reasons; I signed up for a 1-year special TV-only deal a while back, but after 6 months, they said most of it expired. I disagreed, and they said they didn’t have records, so asked me to bring in the original contract, which said something like “12 mo x 3″ for the 3 services (HBO, DVR, and digital TV, IIRC). So, I brought it in to my local office, waited in line, let them photocopy it, and they agreed that it did indeed say 12 months for everything. Well, they didn’t change the price, and when I called, it was the same story. This time, the person believed me, though (no mention of the proof, though), but said he couldn’t not honor the contract because they no longer offered it. He gave me another deal, and when I broke even with the original contract, I left them for AT&T uVerse.

    Too bad, as I think the cable TV is better, but it costs more, and they don’t stand behind their word, so their promos aren’t worth much.

  • Hartigan

    Fuck you Comcast

  • Hartigan

    Fuck you Comcast

  • Blah

    I hate comcast, good job!
    They are literally the WORST company in customer service, it has even been surveyed as such.

  • Blah

    I hate comcast, good job!
    They are literally the WORST company in customer service, it has even been surveyed as such.

  • Michael

    jackasses
    comcast service just keeps going down and down in my eyes. i just learned yesterday they set a bandwith limit of 250 gb, and apparently we used up 850 last month. They said if we go over again they’ll suspend our service for 6 months. since when did comcast put a bandwith limit? wth is this, the 90s where we pay for time on the internet?

  • Yohon

    me too
    leave this shit up
    fuck ‘em

  • Yohon

    me too
    leave this shit up
    fuck ‘em

  • Lucky225

    You realize you have to enter a COMCAST account number to add the MAC address too right? Thus you have to pay for comcast or enter someone else’s account number..

  • Lucky225

    You realize you have to enter a COMCAST account number to add the MAC address too right? Thus you have to pay for comcast or enter someone else’s account number..

  • Erger

    thanks for sharing this. If Comcast is reading, please be aware that I will be canceling my cable and internet services this evening and switching to Verizon. Hopefully this post encourages more disgruntled customers to do the same.

  • http://www.facebook.com/jason.c.lentz Jason Casino Lentz

    good to know!

  • 209films

    Karma is a bitch

  • 209films

    Karma is a bitch

  • http://www.devonjordan.com/ Devon Jordan

    And lets go ahead and share this everywhere…. Nice work man.

  • Legslikepistonz

    dude can someone link to me the customer technician screen. I keep getting a different page :/

  • Joelo311

    looks like I’ll never use comcast

  • Jacob_t

    so if you’re actually paying for internet service, it’s still considered stealing it?… even if you’re being billed by the very company for IPS?

  • Jacob_t

    so if you’re actually paying for internet service, it’s still considered stealing it?… even if you’re being billed by the very company for IPS?

  • http://sbolen.me/ Stephen Bolen

    Fucking brilliant.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OYM2KLHLGZ36ZY3GAIZBPKWO64 Matt

    It’s all about scamming the consumer and the Republicans are all about scamming us. Glad they won the past election. Comcast will be able to get away with more crap with “less” regulation.
    http://whatthefuckhasgopdonesofar.com

  • Ricky Chu

    wait if comcast is bad, whats good?

  • Ricky Chu

    wait if comcast is bad, whats good?

  • Doomdiger

    Traveler sent me to post on your blog saying your epic, and you are.

  • Anonymous

    Comcast is a bunch of dickwads. We had cable with them for years and they kept adding and removing channels from the mix every year or so. Finally a few weeks ago they took off all but a few local analog channels. We called to ask WTF was going on and they said to get what we had before we’d have to pay $60/month (up from $12). I said that was crazy, and then they said that we had been getting extra channels all along for free and THEREFORE WE WERE STEALING CABLE SERVICE!

  • Anonymous

    Comcast is a bunch of dickwads. We had cable with them for years and they kept adding and removing channels from the mix every year or so. Finally a few weeks ago they took off all but a few local analog channels. We called to ask WTF was going on and they said to get what we had before we’d have to pay $60/month (up from $12). I said that was crazy, and then they said that we had been getting extra channels all along for free and THEREFORE WE WERE STEALING CABLE SERVICE!

  • Eclipse

    I just switched over to at&t after reading this. Fuck you comcast.

  • Eclipse

    I just switched over to at&t after reading this. Fuck you comcast.

  • CHALDO

    COMCASTBRO … Basically a monopoly at their high point, it’s only down hill from here.

  • Travis Faulk

    They has this for like a year. Only 1% goes over the 250GB. If you go to comcast.com and log into your account and go to users and settings on the right side it we tell you how much use this month. So you know when you get the 250.

  • Cree ray

    Comcast is a f**** up worthless dik even a wh*** wouldn’t touch…

  • http://twitter.com/p4lmtree P4lmtree

    Don’t take this down, please! Fuck Comcast. Are they gonna sue you for defamation because they gave you a promotional package deal and decided to take it away?

    If a Comcast rep is reading this, your company is nothing more than a disgusting, crooked cartel. Fuck you and fuck Comcast, bitch.

  • http://twitter.com/ok_eric Eric Nyikos

    Sounds like it’s time for you to get some offshore hosting!

  • Anonymous

    Net Neutrality must be a REALITY!

  • Borna

    Similar thing is over here in Croatia with T-mobile (t-com)… i wish we had more ISP competition over here so that prices would go down… i mean 40$ just for internet and only lousy 4 mbit/s download and 256 kbit/s upload is just wrong

  • http://doctorlane.blogspot.com “Doctor” Lane

    Dang… You putting them out there, huh?

  • jorian

    your awesome

  • http://www.facebook.com/kevin.a.esposito Kevin Andrew Esposito

    I’m not currently having a problem with comcast, other than their internet keeps crashing or hanging up on me. but there are no other internet providers around my area that are worth the money so I’m stuck. I don’t think it was so much customer service in a whole but the inexperienced bitch you had to deal with. similar thing happened to me with my credit card. I told them I didn’t want something and to take it off, they never did saying I had to wait like a year, then I talked to someone else and they took it off right then. I do agree that this is bullshit “customer care” in practice

  • Kellyf Ernst

    The only thing worse than comcast is Time Warner. My monthly bill for internet alone is $60. If that isn’t rape, I don’t know what it.

  • Averad
  • Shtbox

    Do you think they even care?

  • F4RR4R

    Comcast won’t blink twice when stealing from you – but they call it “PROFIT MAXIMIZATION.” Fuck them in their cunt faces.

  • Npierno

    I’ll gladly take this and put it up on a bunch of free servers and tell people to do the same… Then removing it from here won’t end their turmoil…

    Who’s with me?

  • http://www.iwantcheese.com Heremeow

    Comcast has such a bad reputation where I live that they changed their name to…drumroll…Xfinity! I seriously hate this company with a passion. Good for you and this post.

  • Yaduhngoofedd

    fuck u comcast u guys can smd when our friend asks for internet+tv for 59.99 u give him internet+tv for 59.99. Dont give him that triple play bullshit u guys should use ur brains more often and listen to the people of the united states of america, this is a democracy, not a communism.

  • Lala

    AT@T is where its at.

  • BONG RIPS

    I wish I could do this with charter… Cable companies are so incredibly difficult to deal with its ridiculous. Call, talk to a robot for the first half hour, only to get hung up on, get transferred to wait another half hour etc etc.

  • Professor Oak

    Traveler sent me. I like your attitude and I understand you completely, comcast is a huge failure. But really, who uses comcast? Fios all the way!!

    I’m just kidding of course, you rock man.

  • Anonymous

    One person CAN change the world!

  • Donmcnally

    If you are not paying for it it is stealing

  • No

    Won’t all these people be delighted when Comcast fines them for stealing service?

    “Two random people were mean to me on the phone, so I decided to instruct thousands on how to steal from them.”

    You’re disgusting.

  • http://twitter.com/Dirtymota Isaac Mota

    Cumcast?

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  • Tart

    It’s not defamation when the company already has some of the worst rep already.
    Just sayin’

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Penn/100000076243663 Michael Penn

    this is why i don’t get the S@#$ from comcast i get Armstrong reliable service with out the S$%^

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_UHZHQWVSV4PPBGZY3QPAMGOEFY justincase

    this is great!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_UHZHQWVSV4PPBGZY3QPAMGOEFY justincase

    this is great!

  • Joesmonkeyland

    Haha, people at comcast are such dumbasses =P I wish I could do this with verizon for my phone =(
    InfoUplink sent me here

  • Ajsnowflake

    Actually it is a republic…

  • Ajsnowflake

    Actually it is a republic…

  • ComcastSleeperTech

    Of course, everyone knows that only corporations are allowed to steal from us. If we were to try and even the score that is disgusting

    Ever heard of bait and switch? It used to be illegal, but these days it is just good business.

  • RandomAshole

    There’s no real reason to take it down. The reason it worked like that is because you just pulled a modem offline from the same spot in the system, therefore the system saw it as a swap. With the new Xfinity garb, customer service reps don’t know what’s what anymore, and key accounts wrong all the time. [take a guess how I know this...] It’s more common than not at this point for them to not see proper rate codes on the account for what they are. The whole upsell thing, I agree with you on. I’d be pissed, too. But they aren’t technical support, even when you press 1, 4, 6, 12, A, -5, whatever. It’s the same dipshits answering the phones, we all know it.

  • RandomAshole

    There’s no real reason to take it down. The reason it worked like that is because you just pulled a modem offline from the same spot in the system, therefore the system saw it as a swap. With the new Xfinity garb, customer service reps don’t know what’s what anymore, and key accounts wrong all the time. [take a guess how I know this...] It’s more common than not at this point for them to not see proper rate codes on the account for what they are. The whole upsell thing, I agree with you on. I’d be pissed, too. But they aren’t technical support, even when you press 1, 4, 6, 12, A, -5, whatever. It’s the same dipshits answering the phones, we all know it.

  • Coolguydude

    direct TV is so much worse… and their scammers

  • Coolguydude

    direct TV is so much worse… and their scammers

  • PlainShane

    The end is nigh for cable companies being bullies. Respect your customer.

  • PlainShane

    The end is nigh for cable companies being bullies. Respect your customer.

  • NBcatcher

    STFU you whiny little Pansie. Every cable company around is shady… believe me (regretfully a former employee). For example, I can sign up for $29.99 internet at 16 mb in my wifes name, but since I’m a loyal customer they insist that I must pay $54.99. I’m not gonna be someone elses “good deal”

  • NBcatcher

    STFU you whiny little Pansie. Every cable company around is shady… believe me (regretfully a former employee). For example, I can sign up for $29.99 internet at 16 mb in my wifes name, but since I’m a loyal customer they insist that I must pay $54.99. I’m not gonna be someone elses “good deal”

  • Si Tewbi

    My brother used to work for T-Mobile in London. It was owned by a German company and the head office in Germany was terrible. Every smallest thing had to be approved at board level or something so all their competitors were running rings around them. Another network would come up with some special deal and the T-Mobile guys in London would have a match for it in hours, then they’d have to wait a week or two for approval for Germany before they could roll it out. Meantime they’d lost a whole swathe of customers to whichever network had the special on. By the time they rolled out their deal all their other competitors had it already and one of them would be onto something new. T-Mobile was always playing catch up because of the corporate bureaucracy.

  • disgusting

    This is the new way. Sit back, open a can of shut the fuck up, and deal with it.

  • Hitler

    speak rationally and sanely, please.

  • Hitler

    speak rationally and sanely, please.

  • Befuddled in Techland

    Comcast is clueless – I only have cable TV and they disconnected it out in the street one day with no notice (bills always paid early, so not a payment issue). When I phoned them, they said it was because of a problem with my cable phone line. I told them I don’t have phone with them and the guy argued with me that I do. I got a supervisor who argued with me the same way. Told him I have had the same TV-only service from them for 15 years, no phone. He still argued with me. I asked to be transferred to whoever can terminate my service. The third guy offered a free month and reconnect if I would stay with them. I said ok, if they reconnected the next day – then he gave me a sales pitch on a TV and phone bundle…

    Comcast is clueless.

  • Tool

    They won’t retool unless is is more cost effective to do so. This means, we should be putting this out on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Digg, etc… SHARE IT!

  • Anon

    Leave it up! Leave it up!

  • Tsalva10

    can you sue them ??????????

  • barrett7212

    Comcast is full of shit… always trying to put more fees on ya… and on top of that, their service is terrible.

  • barrett7212

    you downloading porn, bro?

  • barrett7212

    you downloading porn, bro?

  • Cody The Only

    Comcast…. Jesus Christ they SUCK!!!

  • ForgetComcast

    Truly, Comcast is one of the worst organizations of any type I’ve ever worked with.

  • ForgetComcast

    Truly, Comcast is one of the worst organizations of any type I’ve ever worked with.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_U7UYTPTJULSSKPPUF3BM7UA5MI Michael

    I don’t think speaking about this situation would warrant the need to take it down. It isn’t defamation, so long as it is the truth. I don’t think Comcast has grounds to make you take it down. (I’m not a lawyer, don’t consider my opinion as such) I’d suggest sending this to consumerist.com

  • Fucker

    no dude you’re fucking full of fail. you have fucking internet. traveler is a fucking fail too for not realizing this shit is fucked up. get a fucking life bro. you dont know shit about internet.

  • Pookipah

    Comcast is imploding. Fuck them long and hard while you still can, they deserve it.

  • Blah

    WOW I didn’t realize Triple Play is still outrageously expensive in The States. I mean 120 $. I am in Bulgaria (pls don’t ask me where it is – just Google it) and I have Triple Play and my internet speed is twice as fast as Comcast i used to have in Chicago and I only pay 40 $ for TV w Digital Set Top Box+Blazing Internet+Phone.

  • Bigbrain74

    good to know but comcast internet sucks balls why would u want it anyways hahaha

  • Sssunshine16

    Comcast turned all my services off for 4 days saying I was stealing cable and internet. I have had comcast for 10 years. So funny that they cant check these things out before cutting us off and claiming we are stealing from them. They seem to accept my payment every month? So they gave me free showtime and some other shitty channel I dont watch as a replacement for them shutting my service off for 4 days for no reason!!!!!

  • Crow_oc714

    Good job I hate comcast now

  • Me

    DirecTV can suck my ass, for real.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/TWT3W357BXEKOS6OTJK5JLAN5I Anonymous

    Cool.Did you shoplift the modem or pay for it?

  • Tripletails20

    Forced intercourse, last I checked

  • Tripletails20

    Nothing. You’re getting actively screwed despite the service that you choose. Bend over.

    Also, Verizon isn’t that bad, actually.

  • Jbmar412

    digg…lol

  • damn.right

    Damn right. They once “conveniently added” the NFL premium package without notice because their records showed that we had it once before and the NFL season was starting.

  • Anonymous

    Power to the AT&T users (as I am)
    I stopped using Comcast because they would do the same things to me, and often “fix” something just for it break a few months later.
    I got AT&T U-Verse about 7-8 months ago. Absolutely no problems with setup, customer service, or use. We actually get more for less money with them.
    Fuck you, Comcast.

  • Efface

    just letting you know you are an idiot. I work for a cable company using the same tool. that activation process will only work in two instances.

    1) you are in the provisioning system

    2) you clone the Mac of an active custo
    er

    so your sticken it to “the man” is actually quite ignorant and I hope people don’t start canceling their service hoping to steal service only to realize they were given bad information and then us charging them to reinstall it with no promotional prices since they were a recent sub.

  • http://twitter.com/_cheney Chris Cheney

    If you currently have cable internet service you can also get free basic cable. I’ve gotten it to work on both Charter & Comcast. Get the internet service, split the coaxial cable into two lines. One for the modem, one for the TV. That’s it, enjoy your free cable. Also, if your TV has a QAM tuner it will grab all of the HD channels too.

  • Anonymous

    Thank you for sharing this loop-hole in comcast’s fail services

  • Redditer

    From reddit thats why i clicked the link button.

  • mike

    Comast is awesome where I am and their service does mess up but what I ask for I get. And the worst internet in the world right now is Clearwire. They have the worst ever service. Look them up and see for yourselves.

  • Bpool

    AT&T was actually really good for me in terms of customer service, too. Expensive but good customer service.

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  • Eyon

    Seriously? I live in Slovenia and I pay 16eur for 10mb/10mb. I actually thought it was kind of expensive.

  • Daniel Jackson

    or like we was having issues with our comcast we brouhgt a new “router” and now we are getting over 180 gb/s when we are paying for 20gb/s i have no idea how that is even happenign x.x

  • http://www.facebook.com/SonyFoLife Michael Arnold

    :) i cant believe i got here b4 it was gone
    especially with traveler and probably others posting on utube, and everywhere else for that matter!i have comcast internet as is, but watever, if they dump me, im’a stab them with this, and twist it every day i log n1 :D

  • loondawg

    Actually it is a representative republic which is a form of democracy….

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  • Bgufo

    I am from Bulgaria and I want to know how much is your monthly salary to compare to what you were earning in US. Also I bet that the HD service is only 17 programs still – as far as I remember seeing it on big banners in Sofia.

  • Corradolvr92

    you weren’t stealing… you were not trapped properly there fore you were getting channels that you should not have been. That being said you were notified via the newpaper your bill and ahead of time that Comcast was going through digital changes. This would be a lesson in reading your bill and fine print. While most of you are complaining about Comcast and it’s services have any of you read the paper or watched the news? Direct tv and AT&T no longer have a contract to some highly watched channels HGTV for one example. So when you want to watch tv and wonder why you don’t subscribe even though you do.. ( well you thought ) think again. Comcast prices may be higher but there is consistency.. everyone wants something for free or cheap… I think you get what you pay for… so next time you go to Kmart and buy a pair of 20 dollar shoes how long will they last? I am not saying that there haven’t been issues but for my money i like not being charged for every long distance call i make, i like being able to have high speed internet at my fingertips everytime i pick up the computer and i couldn’t live with out my dvr ever. Every company has their flaws at least Comcast is trying to fix it. Rome wasn’t built in a day and the problems didn’t start last night either…..

  • WrightWinger

    Democrats don’t use Vaseline so they blame the Republicans who try to make things work with a little lubrication.

  • GUEST

    Bait and Switch. They only get away with it when you don’t report it to the authorities. They take this kind of stuff seriously.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthew-J-Spurrill/567065566 Matthew J Spurrill

    Well done, I used to take calls for Comcast Cable TV Technical Support, Billing and General Customer Service. I often gave promotions to people who were long term customers and wanted in on a deal that was only for new customers. The funny thing is they have 20 or so promotions they can apply to your account at any given time. All you have to do is get the right person who knows about them and convince them that you deserve them. Since I was an easy going guy, I handed the promotion packages out like candy. These would be things like Cable TV for $15 for 6 months, Cable TV and 6mb internet for $25 for 6 months, Free HBO for 3months and so on. It’s a shame I quit that job, I made allot of happy customers :D

  • Johhny Marsh

    I dont’ have Comcast, for obvious reasons and bad experiences back in Philadlepha. I now have a different provider but I saw a friend move out w/an old Comcast modem so I asked for it and he gave it to me. I took it to a field and pee’d on it.

  • Dave81

    FUCK COMCAST!!!! Awesome share man, sorry to hear about your struggle with Cumcast, we been there too.. screw em, they will be bankrupt in 2 years.

  • Elijah Hazard Palmer

    yur a f*ckin genius !! God Bless You Sir !!

  • Anonymous

    Fight the good fight, and FU Comcast!

  • guest

    the only issue I see with this is: internet is dependant on having a mac address on the account outlet, I know this because I worked in a call center for comcast, seeing that the solution that was used above worked tells me there was already a mac address that belonged to a modem on this individual’s account

  • Candyman0u812

    You are idiots if you can’t read then try to blog. The method of activation used was for techs (comcast) thus the reason for logging your mac and your IP# as well as address and all kinds of other info. thats why all the black marker mark outs. If you were getting it free….why then call up and say you weren’t getting it??? Duhhh.. because you weren’t getting it (free or otherwise) The telephone op. treated you like an idiot dumbass because there is no other way to treat an idiot dumbass. You were only getting cable tv by your own admission not internet, (thats why you were attempting to steal internet) He was trying to tell you he could hook you up with internet but he could save you a little money if you took the triple play-EVEN if you didn’t want a land line its cheaper as a bulk package for first year. But no… you thought you would try to steal services and got caught , then shut down . Then get mad because you can’t steal internet in order to steal music and movies. Am I right huh am I. You idiot!!!

  • Candyman0u812

    wow you get it. you must be an employee. thank you

  • Asdas

    Oh by the way if you actually have a receipt FROM comcast (ie; their logo and all), they are legally liable for failure to provide services. if it’s written in for the package and price and you PAID for it, that’s instantly an easy win for ‘bait and switch’.

  • Candyman0u812

    This is prime example of mass hypnosis or mass stupidity. Has anyone seen this so called cease and desist order? All I’ve seen are pics of the registration and activation page . I am an employee and I don’t see any reason they would waste 1 second of time worrying about this. I hope lots and lots of you rush out and buy your own modem for which you WILL be charged for internet services the only difference would be that I don’t have to work the service call because we don’t service customer owned modems. Less work for me and possibly a raise with the increase of internet sales. WIN WIN ….go ahead post it everywhere keep it alive HA HA HA

  • Anon

    I used to get internet (25mbps up/25 down) + phone service for 30 dollars a month… then alot of people moved into my small town, and something called TDS took over and moved their equipment in. Now i have to pay 40 bucks for 2mb up and 10 down… thats without the phone bill part.. AND I HAVE A SHITTY PING NOW, internet companies are gay

  • Anonymous

    Cool Story, bro.

    BTW, which branch of COMCAST do work for?

  • Medicalguy

    trying to hate Comcast (especially agents) is futile though.
    What you can do is always ask for a supervisor. If they are giving you a hard time. Just hung instantly and dial again for another agent or another supervisor.
    You are dealing with a crappy service. It can’t change just like that. Maybe after 5 years IF comcast starts to spend on a better information system.
    -
    1) Information system is error prone.
    They are using two dysfunctional softwares primarily:
    1 for old accounts, other is for newer accounts.
    as others had mentioned, rate or service codes are easily overlooked on any software used, intentional or not.
    1st software has an ms dos gui, slow and error prone.
    Second software is a “generic” one used by other outsourcing companies for other clients as well. Customizing it would be harder. it’s faster one. i mean faster shit.
    So technicians/agents can easily commit errors even if they don’t want to. fucking stupid.
    -
    2) Comcast agents have irrational “performance” metrics to pass,
    aside from addressing your concerns.
    Some agents (especially outsourced) have to end the call in 10 mins or get kicked.
    If you are an outsourced agent accommodating customers “requests” in a call center, you will feel that you are the weakling because you cannot deliver a short average call time. Usually hardened and impolite ones will be left. That’s why there are complaints like their previous call never happened. lol. Some agents INDEED lie to customers just to end sooner – can happen with outsourced or domestic agents. There is a big chance that notes left on the acccount is very few or nothing at all – just to have a faster call.
    They are usually avoiding “unusual” customer requests because it will eat up their time and they might need to ask for supervisor approval. Supervisors are very very harassed too- too much work. So agents are sometimes pissed off by pissed off supervisors. Supervisors even tell agents to lie or make excuses just to avoid supervisor calls.
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    3) training is shit.
    also, they easily shift call center agent providers.
    agents are usually not good enough with product knowledge.
    months of training is useless for a dysfunctional system with not technically inclined people.
    They are usually there because of communication skills and passing the metrics.
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    stupid customers calls are common too. so youare not the only one pissed off. agents too.
    how would you perform if you spend 9 hours of life inside a call center.
    -
    in general, comcast has a shitty service because they save too much on manpower and information system sanity.
    I freak out even just on my internet ISP system maintenance outage. I understand how you feel :/but the sad thing is comcast is hopeless regarding improvements, and that most people doesnt have options beside from them either.

  • MelsWed

    HEADS UP & WATCHOUT!!!!

    http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9149980/FBI_arrests_alleged_cable_modem_hacker

    News
    FBI arrests alleged cable modem hacker
    IDG News Service – U.S. federal authorities arrested a 26-year-old man on Thursday for allegedly selling modified cable modems that enabled free Internet access, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

    Matthew Delorey of New Bedford, Mass., is charged with one count of conspiracy and one count of wire fraud. If convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison for each charge, and a $250,000 fine.

    Delorey allegedly ran a now-defunct Web site called Massmodz.com, where hacked modems were sold. The modems had been modified in order to spoof the device’s MAC (Media Access Control) address. It is possible then to either obtain free Internet access or make it appear that a different modem is obtaining access.

    Authorities alleged that Delorey sold two of the modified modems to an undercover FBI agent.

    Delorey also allegedly posted to YouTube showing how to get free Internet access through modified cable modems.

    He allegedly posted instructional videos with titles such as “Massmodz.com How to Get Free Internet Free Cable Internet Comcast or any Cable ISP – 100% works” and “Massmodz.com How to bypass Comcast registration page with premod cable modem SB5100, SB 5101.”

    Federal authorities have recently moved against other people regarding cable modems. In October Ryan Harris, 26, was arrested for allegedly running a San Diego company called TCNISO that sold customizable cable modems and software that could be used to get free Internet service or a speed boost for paying subscribers. Harris is charged with conspiracy, computer intrusion and wire fraud.

  • Way to Go Comcast

    lmao its spread to youtube in simpiler terms a couple houndred thousand people no how to get free comcast now and its all become comcast has very very shitty costomer service

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VRRHNDWKL2ARNBNS7IOK2D5YVM israel

    lmfao man thats some fucked up shit man…. cant u sue them for that.. u have evidence.. hmm idk man,,,

  • http://twitter.com/jb22988 Jeremiah Bates

    @anon: if you have a shitty ping rate, run a tracert on the same address, it will tell you where you are actually losing connection speed, its very possible the high ping times are due to something ither than your isp being crappy

  • Raul_vilar

    I paid comcast 12.95 for lifeline, 20 or so channels, for 10 years, they took off the filter for 6 months, raised the price to 24.95, then took away all but 6 channels, i called them they said i have to rent a dta box, what they do not tell you is that they are scrambling their signals, so only the dta from comcast cable is decoded, that you get 2 per household, extras are $2 per box a moth,,,,,,,,,,,,,so i am disabled vet, is a big house, i got 7 tvs,,,,,,,,,i only use one at a time,,,,,,,now i have to cancel comcast and get digital over the air tv with an amplifier,,,,,,,thats all i watch, anyways,,,,,besides At&t internet

  • fios :)

    I use Verizon. Works great!

  • fios :)

    Coming from Hitler……

  • dingle-dongle

    comcast used to be a good company then it was bought by time warner cable and instantly went to the shitter I had comcast for years and loved it but ditched it just 1 month after time warner bought it thats how fast it got so unbearably bad

  • Anon

    That’s not terribly bad. I’ve paid $37.95 for 1.5mbit down/256kbit up for two years with ADSL. Cable is the same price, generally faster, no where as reliable.

  • FU

    HI

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  • J_molina1986

    hey where can i buy a cable modem…….

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  • DirectTVarescammers

    umm i pay 40 for 50kbs download

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  • Excomcastman

    I used to work for Comcast. And yes. They play dirty. BUT. You were probably on a promotional 3 month code for internet. Those expire. May have been in the fine print but you should read the find print!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SG5BNIGICBYBOJJHMKGY2NILIM Aki Kaki

    ok this is what happend to me …. the guy showed up at my house and first remark he made is about the picture of my gf and her girlfriends he said it waz a “buffet line ” then he didnt have a hammer to complete a job so he left my house to drive to buy one . after about 20 min he came back and and started to drill the holes tru the wall wich he then broke my trim on the side one foot long …. then when he connected the cables the little leftover peaces he just threw on the ground and i found my 10 month old chewing on 2 days after …. so i got at&t after a month but they just needed a modem and bla bla so i ended up back to comcast so i called them and told them we need it on a.s.a.p so i could not wait anymore and i started to mess with the cable modem got to ^^ that screen and did what this guy did and got on line in 3 min even tho the lady told me to wait so someone can turn it on outside!!
    so … i got my internet and its working really good im like so proud i did this myself !!
    week later the same idiot shows up and i get the tv box ready to return he says oh im here to install the new modem i told him he needs to come back some other time but he just walked past me and walked right in my house he said its Ok!!so after him being at my house for almoast 1hour he waz done … i swear if i had a gun in my house that day …i would be in prison right now…fuck you comcast!!

  • gues

    if they lose all their customers they care

  • Iuf

    oh no

  • comcasthater

    lol – i hate comcast

  • Cobobs

    Comcast, I hate you, and everybody I know does, but you do not care because you are a freaking monopoly. Not for long. Xfinity, you are Comcast. I hate you too.

  • Cobobs

    Cumcast is not a person. It is a corporation, a machine designed to suck you dry.

  • Cobobs

    Totally useless and insane, but I like that!

  • Cobobs

    My plan is different. As soon as there is an option, I will lighten your work load permanently by quiting cumcast. I will also go around the neigborhood advertising the new option for free. BTW, the new options are no longer theoretical. Both Fios and Clear are on the way.

  • Alex

    Compast support doesn’t know ANYTHING! And most of the time completely useless. Every time I have to call them… Good I’m knowledgeable to fix the issues myself. Surprised, how this giant even works?

    And guess what? The only alternative in my area seems to be AT&T, which is not truly a high speed…

  • Superf88

    hilarious

  • Henr4948

    For the price of a cheap second hand lap top connected to the TV and some programming we’ve gone indendent of these bastards.

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  • Oguz1

    I pay $70 for 4MB/700k , static IP, and phone. Cavtel DSL. Baltimore.

  • K81l9l

    hello

  • you go bla bla bla

    if you are unhappy with any company you do business with, why complain get off the pot and go somewhere else , nasty mouth punk

  • you go bla bla bla

    woo hoo, did you guys wear your pull ups also

  • Bluegem

    OMG! The same crap happened to me and I can’t believe they were accusing me of stealing cable!!!

  • JIMI VEGAS

    VERIZON ARE THE BIGGEST CROOKS. THEY GIVE OUT PERSONAL INFO TO 3RD PARTY COMPANY’S AND LET THEM ATTACH EXTRA SERVICE TO YOUR BILL ALSO THEY ADD THERE OWN PACKAGES TO YOUR PLAN THEN U HAVE TO CALL THEM TO TAKE OFF BUT THEY OUTSOURCE OUT OF THE COUNTRY SO IT NEVER GETS DONE I SIGNED UP WITH THEM FOR A 59.00 PACKAGE AND MY BILL WAS 150.00 EVERY MONTH THEN I WENT TO CANCEL AND THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME A 165.00 CANCELLATION FEE WHICH I WAS TOLD THEY DONT DO WHEN I SIGNED UP I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO CONTRACT. THEN WAS TOLD I HAD TO PAY A CONTRACT FEE I TOLD THEM PLAY BACK THE TAPES OF ME AGREEING TO A CONTRACT WHICH THEY COULDN’T DO SINCE I NEVER AGREED TO ONE WARNING VERIZON IS A HUGE RIP OFF WITH NO CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY CLOSE AT 9 PM ……STAY AWAY FROM VERIZON!!!!

  • Jondoe

    or just steal from them and piss in their face

  • Pepsiboy14

    you must use comcast hahaha jk

  • FROGGER

    Does anyone know how the new activation for comcast internet works I tried activating it for a relative of mind but when I entered his account number it took me to activation page that needed a net user id and password. Ended up calling a technician and payed out the ass to have him come out. I thought we were still allowed to do our own activation and save some money but I was wrong. Any info on this would be great thanks.

  • http://www.facebook.com/travislongley Travis Longley

    I was doing this before two months ago. I have been doing this for about a YEAR! I posted this on the Motorola surfboard hacking site. I asked them how the hack was working(changing my DNS) without even opening my modem, and NO one believed me that it was. So I go on having 30mb internet for free for years on end.

  • Gabralter

    is there a way to do this with TWC

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andrew-Keim/1092559726 Andrew Keim

    I don’t condone free internet, but man I can’t believe how rude they were to you, Comcast needs to pull their heads out of their asses and start lowering prices, also listening to their customers…

    Major problem with Xfinity is that it is not only “digital” but it is actually a data transfer from their servers to your box, essentially making it like a set-top box minus the keyboard/mouse. This explains why when certain time periods that the whole thing pixelates or slows down… Then you have a short delay and the video displays again. What you have is lack of data on a streaming data feed.

    Essentially a DTA = a fancy ATA, except instead of sending phone over IP, they are sending video over IP.

  • Noadvertizing

     And go whrere ? Comcast, Time Warner and the other Giants have a MONOPOLY ! They have fought to keep competition out business but any means, buying off local politicians, not allowing permits, etc. All of them charge way too much. You can either go with you local cable company or Direct TV or Dish and all three are WAY over priced and have terrible service records !  I the past 20 years at least 5 different companies here (in the Dayton OH area) have announced thier new cable service and all have been blocked !

    Cable, satelitte all charges for service that is mostly repeats 90% of time and almost 100% during the summer ! On top of that they have MUCH less new programming than FREE TV and many more commercials. So you get less programming and MORE commercials AND you have to pay $60 or more per month on top of it !!!! Now most shows FREE and cable are going to 40 minutes of show and 20 minutes of commercials per hour,  1/3 rd commercials !!! Why should we pay for that ? That is the REAL reason that they don’t want people downloading shows and the real reason they do. I’m sick of commercials !!! If they would make it 9 minutes (sbout half) of what it used to be it wouldnt be as bad. On top of it they are adding commercials AS THE SCRIPT OF THE SHOW ! Almost every Bones episode has car commercials in it and many are a large part of the script. Smallville had an entire episode written around how the BRAND NAME chewing gum factory had been shut down because the flavor lasts so long.

    We need real competition with real shows not constant ads they we pay for on top of it !
    Cable and satelitte should be FREE except for the commercial free channels and those should be only $2-3 per month since they also have ads so called “previews” and “making of shows”. This is way out of control and way way over priced.

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    Make all programming FREE or remove the commercials.  We should not pay for ads!!!!!
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  • NOTme

    well its still up, just goes to show you, Thank you comcast

  • NOTme

    well its still up, just goes to show you, Thank you comcast

  • Wrong_box

    where I live, comcast is the only cable provider besides direct tv. The advertise all this ON DEMAND and SO MANY HD channels but they are full of shit. On demand is not available in my area, neither is the VOICE and we only get 5 yes I said 5 HD channels, but have to pay the same price. I do like their internet but its expensive as hell. Comcast sucks shit. They dont even tell you that on demand is not available until after they instal it and then the promotion I signed up for was not able to be found. They said they never had that promotion even though I showed them the paper, they flat said it never existed so I had to pay full price. There is no value at all with comcast in my area.

  • Wrong_box

    where I live, comcast is the only cable provider besides direct tv. The advertise all this ON DEMAND and SO MANY HD channels but they are full of shit. On demand is not available in my area, neither is the VOICE and we only get 5 yes I said 5 HD channels, but have to pay the same price. I do like their internet but its expensive as hell. Comcast sucks shit. They dont even tell you that on demand is not available until after they instal it and then the promotion I signed up for was not able to be found. They said they never had that promotion even though I showed them the paper, they flat said it never existed so I had to pay full price. There is no value at all with comcast in my area.

  • Businessemail2c

    how can i hack my comcast internet moder?

  • http://amzn.to/o63ypJ Aaron

    No it doesn’t!  Comcast has changed allot since the olden days.

  • Yuhatenwtf

    They did the same thing to me. I had about 6-8 free channels. I never had Comcast service EVER. All of a sudden, I turn on the TV and every station had a huge message. The message says, “If you can see this message, the TV you’re watching
    isn’t yet ready for Comcast’s digital network enhancements. To order the
    necessary equipment, call 1-877-634-4434 or go to http://www.Comcast.com/digitalnow to avoid service interruptions. Once you have digital equipment connected to your TV you will no longer see this message.” I called to ask them what happened to my 6-8 free analog stations. They said that we had been getting extra channels all along for
    free and THEREFORE WE WERE STEALING CABLE SERVICE! Then I asked about their packages and was told I could get this and that in ADDITION TO MY 6-8 free analog stations. So can somebody tell me why I don’t have my 6-8 free analog stations? They are impossible to work with. Two months now with not 1 TV station. HELP …. what do I do?

  • Blueliquid

    Hey, where can I see the procedure to get free comcast? I can’t see anything on this post, maybe I’m just not competent…

  • Guest

    Comcast is the worst internet provider i have ever encountered. 

  • cloud53

    not bad
    i’ll admit that this was actually very clever

  • Tronss

    you guys are trons,,,,keep up the good work

  • Mcdevilish

    Hi I have started a face book page. Comcast&Xfinity complaints. I am not affiliated with comcast in any way. I would like to post your pic on my page. Is that okay? Laureen

  • Mari_14444

    So….How does one go about getting internet…for FREE  huh!

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/EJSN62UCFRLCJGYTKCCTPZ36DY toni r

    I agree they are the worst cable company that I have ever seen.  I have been without service since yesterday before noon. The service reps never seem to know whats going on.  4 numbers to call since there is no local number. I hate this company.

  • ryno

    Comcast can suck my D**K they are rip offs had them for a month nothing worked my phone never worked they said it was porting for a month then 2 boxs wold not work for the whole month then they charge me 214$ and said I was past due 3 weeks after I had it hooked up lol they will not see that money lol stupid rude customer service reps. BAD BAD BAD service STAY AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! went back to Directv never had any problems with them.

  • MSRedbull

    Don’t you have to return the modem if you stop service?

  • http://www.facebook.com/eric.ferguson.3133 Eric Ferguson

    You are a liar. Republicans don’t scam, its the Democrats. In fact Comcast donated tons of money to the Democrat Party and Obama so don’t be blasting the Republicans. In fact Comcast and Democrats run their business the same way like screwing the tax payer and screwing the customer. you can thank the stupid Comcast CEO to help you bring the OBAMAcare too. If you want to see the truth, visit opensecrets.org that shows where the PAC money goes. Dish, the same way. They both rip you off like professional Democrats, unions, and the nazis.

  • http://www.facebook.com/eric.ferguson.3133 Eric Ferguson

    I dropped Comcast. I couldn’t stand it before as their service was horrible and kept trying to screw me on billing. Well now I know the connection , the Democrat and Comcast connection. In fact Comcast donated tons of money to the Democrat Party and Obama so don’t be blasting the Republicans. In fact Comcast and Democrats run their business the same way like screwing the tax payer and screwing the customer. you can thank the stupid Comcast CEO to help you bring the OBAMAcare too. If you want to see the truth, visit opensecrets.org that shows where the PAC money goes. Dish, the same way. They both rip you off like professional Democrats, unions, and the nazis. I said I had enough of them.