Why has advertising decided to go to negative cutting of people’s sensibilities? Comcast is now running ads that basically say “You’re friggen stupid!” if you don’t subscribe to their Triple Play.
I would like to point out that it’s common sense NOT to subscribe to their Triple Play. Allow me to expound upon that:
Television Service
In my service market, we had Comcast for television until November of last year. It was costing us $125 a month to have three dvr’s, and we could only get analog channels 2-65 on the other 3 TV’s in the house. We changed to DirecTV and now have two HD Dual-Tuner DVR’s (With about 60 channels in HD vs. 15 from Comcast.), a non-HD dual-tuner DVR, and three regular set-top boxes for other TV’s in the home and pay $89 a month. Plus, every single channel we get is DIGITAL (even the non-hd channels) and the picture looks outstandingly better than anything Comcast offered. I think we’re the ones with “Common Sense” on this particular matter.
Phone Service
Anything more than $19.95 a year is a rip-off. Bluntly put, if you need “home phone” service, and really, who does with the invention of the cell phone; common sense would tell you to get Magic Jack. Twenty bucks and everything included to yuck it up unlimited-like to the US and Canada all you want for a year. There’s also cheap options like Skype and a bit more pricey like Vonage, but still far superior than Comcast Voice. I have a cell phone, so I don’t even need a home phone.
Internet Service
For the Triple Play, you get an unadvertised “Economy” tier which is 2 meg down/256k up. That’s only good if you just occasionally browse the web for text. If you want to use any type of video service like Hulu, Comedy Central, Netflix streaming, etc, FORGET IT. Now, mind you, we DO have Comcast internet, but it’s the 16 meg tier because our service area was grandfathered in when they took over Insight.
So, I’m sorry Comcast, but it just isn’t “Common Sense” to subscribe to your Triple Play.
