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So, in case you didn't know, I'm a college student living in my own apartment.  My parents pay my rent but I'm responsible for everything else.  Because of where my apartment is, I HAVE to have Comcast or a dish (which I really don't want).  I wish I could have FiOS because they're so much cheaper but of course I can't.  Anyway, I had signed up for a promo deal with Comcast when I moved into my apartment.  Because I just hit the year-mark living in my apartment, my promo deal ended. 

Imagine my surprise though when I got my bill and it was $130 this month for just TV and internet!  I don't even have a home phone because I didn't think it would be worth it.  I find it ridiculous that Comcast can charge such ridiculous prices.  I'm contemplating dropping my TV services with Comcast and just using Netflix.  I'll have to keep my internet (unless I can find some better alternative).

Does anyone else share my hatred of Comcast?

Just call them. Be polite and explain that you cannot afford the bill and will need to cut the service. I can almost guarantee they will place you on hold and come back and offer you the discounted rate again. My friend has lived in her apartment for the past 4 years and she has always paid the discouted rate. She also recieved a DS lite when she renewed the first year.

@JustLove: Haha I'm actually talking to them right now.  I'll let you know how it goes.

Apple TV!

Comcast is the devil, I don't understand why or how they stay on top when they, by far, offer the worst service.

@Sassygrn: They do suck at making bad choices. I was moving so I called and told them to set up at my new place but that I still needed service where I was living too. They couldn't figure out how NOT to turn off my service at one of the places. Like the idea that someone would need service at 3 different places was a foreign concept.

I said I wanted them to knock down the price and they basically said, "if you lower your services we can lower your bill."  Um no.  I use my internet all the time.  I don't want shitty internet, sorry.

Does anyone just not use cable?  I don't see it really being worth the hassle.  Why not just use Netflix and Hulu Plus for, like, $30 a month?  Guh.

ARGH.  They're giving me the runaround.  "Call this number."  So I do.  "No, this is the wrong number.  Call THIS number."  JUST HELP ME, GOD DAMN IT.

YES. I had the same issue- got a decent promo price for 6 months, and then BAM. $70 a month just for internet. We don't even bother getting cable. It's just disgusting to me that these companies can claim monopolies over certain areas. I don't want Dish, either. And literally a mile down the road, people are able to get Verizon internet service because they technically live in a different township. Comcast made sure to usurp the college area so that they can take advantage of the students. It's just amazing to me that companies are allowed to do shit like this.

In my opinion, internet servce should be free and accessible to everyone. A lot of large cities are starting to provide free internet to it's citizens, but I think it should be a nation-wide thing. Internet is a source of information and is an integral part of participating in and gleaning knowledge in our society today.  NO ONE has a right to withhold information.

@Wonderwoman217: Strangely enough, I did call the local office and they were like, "We can't help you.  You need to call 1-888-COMCAST."  So I did.  Then they were like, "No.  You need to call 1-800-COMCAST."  ....So confusing.

@MissIcecream: I finally talked to someone helpful (thank you Corey!) and was just like, "I'm a poor college student.  I cannot afford this."  And he was like "whambam old promo price of $89."  HOORAY COREY!  :)

@MissIcecream: Haha.  That's what the first person told me.  "It's promotional.  It's not supposed to be a life-long price."  Yeah, well, maybe if they didn't jack the prices so much, people wouldn't want to live on the promotional prices.  Meh.

Glad you got it worked out! I was on a promo package with them for 5+ years. I just finally ran out of luck and they wouldn't give us a decent price this time around, so we switched to DirecTV. All the same channels, plus more for literally less than half the price. We kept Comcast internet though. Because we would only be able to get DSL in our area with DTV.

Also, just an FYI, if anyone switches to DirecTV and you know someone who has it. Use them as a referral and you both get $10 off your bill for 10 months.  

@Ms. Peach: How is DirecTV?  I've heard satellite dishes can go out in bad weather, which is part of the reason why I was hesitant to get it.  Plus I live in an apartment and my balcony is right behind a bunch of trees so I'm not sure how great my signal would be anyway.

@vaness13181: Our internet is fine. It's kind of slow sometimes, but it's never gone out or anything. I have never heard anything god about DSL, so I was nervous to switch to AT&T when we signed up with DirecTV. We could have bundled for super cheap, but it wasn't worth it to me.

@MissOtter31: We love DirecTV. I live in the midwest so we typically have really stormy springs, and we have had a ton of rain and some really bad storms here this spring and summer, and our service has only gone out 1 time that I know of. My Comcast used to go out in bad weather too though. I was always hesitant to get a dish for that reason too, but we know a few people who have DirecTV and they said it's not really an issue for them, and it really isn't. It's not like it goes out just because it's a little cloudy. It would have to be a servere storm. And like I said, I used to lose my Comcast service in that bad of weather anyway. Even if your service does go out though, you can still watch your DVR recordings if you get one of those boxes.