Share Your Story: Cable & Satellite
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24-Apr-2008
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| Cablevision | Digital TV Transition |
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We pay an amenity fee to our community management corporation. which includes basic TV. They contract exclusively with Cablevision of Marion County to provide basic TV to each house. Now Cablevision wants to charge each family an additional $5 per month per TV for digital access. They will only rent ...
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13-Apr-2008
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| Comcast | Billing Problem |
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My cable TV and internet promotion with Comcast was due to expire Jan. 1, 2008. I contacted the cable company a few times and was assured there would be some sort of deal for me to continue paying the same rate, though Comcast would never put anything in writing. On ...
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4-Apr-2008
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| DirecTV | Service Problem |
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I have had DirecTV service for almost two years now. In December of last year, I lost the signal to all my international channels. I called up DirecTV and after much discussion a service call was set up. After coming out 6 times due to the incompetence of the service ...
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14-Mar-2008
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| Verizon Wireless | Service Problem |
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I switched to FIOS for the fiber-optic technology and the promise of the best bandwidth for the best HD available other than over-the-air (OTA). What I was disappointed by was the fact that I must use a set-top box with FIOS to view the HD content to which I subscribe. ...
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3-Mar-2008
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| Time Warner Cable | Connection Problem |
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I have subscribed to Time Warner broadband service for the past few years. Recently I have had serious reliability deficiencies which they refuse to acknowledge. I lose connectivity to the internet multiple times per day. It is not like they fear that I would take legal action because they have ...
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