We Hate COMCAST Cable!

I want to thank you website www.iwantnflnetwork.com for providing answers to why Cable companies such as Comcast and Time Warner suck.

Here are some interesting facts from http://www.iwantnflnetwork.com/truth.php

The truth is simple: cable companies raise rates and stifle competition – and are now denying you access to football 24:7 on NFL Network. Football fans are being held hostage: either they pay extra to subscribe to the cable company’s “sports tier” and spend hundreds of dollars a year for additional channels they don’t want – or they’re totally blocked from receiving high-quality NFL football programming on NFL Network.
FACT:
A number of the largest cable companies – including Comcast, Time Warner and Cablevision – have either moved NFL Network to a pay-extra sports tier or refused to carry it at all.
FACT:
Cable companies like Comcast, Time Warner and Cablevision are refusing to negotiate in good faith to give their customers access to NFL Network.
FACT:
Cable rates have increased by 41% in the last few years, and cable companies still aren’t satisfied. They’re trying to cash in on the NFL’s popularity by charging football fans an additional fee to watch their favorite teams in action.
FACT:
It costs only 2 cents per subscriber a day for cable companies to offer NFL Network, yet they want to charge you up to $10 per month for the right to watch NFL Network.
FACT:
Although more than 222 million Americans watched NFL football last year, the cable companies argue that NFL Network’s audience is too small to justify a spot in the basic lineup. Yet they manage to offer less popular sports channels they own, like Versus and the Golf Channel, on basic cable.
FACT:
Cable has a double standard when it comes to sports channels. Channels they own, like Versus and the Golf Channel are included in the basic lineup. Independent channels like NFL Network get left out in the cold. This is unfair and anti-consumer. Consumer interest should decide what channels get carried – not inside deals among cable companies.
FACT:
Cable’s standard tactics stifle competition, by denying access to independent networks and by allowing cable to abuse their monopoly franchises.
FACT:
Cable subscribers that live outside their favorite teams’ home markets won’t see their teams play on NFL Network unless they pay extra fees to their cable provider. NFL Network games are broadcast free over-the-air in the team’s local market – but Dallas Cowboys fans in San Antonio and Green Bay Packers fans in Madison, for example, will miss seeing their favorite teams play.

My Conclusion: Comcast must not be making enough money. Maybe they are upset that the channels they own such as VS and the golf channel is only watched by 10 people nationwide. We pay our cable bill every month, give us what we want. With the NFL Network carrying 8 games or more towards the end of the year, it is important to everyone that we have it. You will continue to lose cutomers to Verizon, and that makes me happy. Your service sucks. Your customer service is the worst I've ever seen. It also is great that when you call to say your cable isn't working, they are like un plug the device and plug it back in. Oh so that is what your great technology has come to?

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