Felice said...

>
> "George" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> I think this is accurate:
>>
>> http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michi...siness-16/1211
>> 257165113620.xml&storylist=newsmichigan
>
> A must-read for Comcast survivors. And this excerpt is a must-read for
> Andy:
>
> "Comcast, whose service so infuriated a Virginia grandmother she took a
> hammer to a local Comcast office ,,,"
>
> Felice


Felice,

OH NO!!!

I'm a mild mannered superman.

Best,

Andy

On 2008-05-21, Felice > wrote:


> "Comcast, whose service so infuriated a Virginia grandmother she took a
> hammer to a local Comcast office ,,,"

While admire her hutzpuh, I wonder if that GM had broadband before Comcast.

I'm not here to sing Comcast's praises, but I had Comcast before moving to
CO. In the 10 yrs I had that same cable feed, it was owned by Viacom, TCI,
@Home, and AT&T and every single one of them couldn't even come close to
providing as fast and reliable a service as Comcast did the last 2-3 years
they had it. Yes, Comcast has its flaws, as does the industry as a whole,
but in comparison to the other stewards of that feed, it was by far and away
the best.

Now, for the usenet thing. Comcast takes a really crapy view of usenet, as
do all major ISPs. It's overhead with no return on value. Comcast takes an
even more bizarre logic spin on it. They figure usenet (newsgroups) is
being provided to you, the customer, as a free service. Since they provide
it gratis, they feel they have no obligation to support "it" on the
customer's behalf. Customers should be grateful they get it at all. So,
any bitches you have about newsgroups is falling on deaf ears at Comcast.
Also, remember that most other major ISPs do not provide usenet at all.

One last word about support. If any of you people ever spent 1 day in the
same shoes as those poor folks, you wouldn't be bad mouthing them. They do
what they can with what they have. I will tell you right now that most of
them provide only the service they are aware of, the support and knowledge
they are themselves provided with. If you do run into a good support
person, more than likely it's because he/she is self-educated far above any
knowledge provided by the company. Be very grateful you lucked onto that
person.

nb ....BTDT

On Wed, 21 May 2008 11:03:53 -0400, "Felice" >
wrote:

>
>"George" > wrote in message
...
>
>> I think this is accurate:
>>
>> http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michi...t=newsmichigan
>
>A must-read for Comcast survivors. And this excerpt is a must-read for Andy:
>
>"Comcast, whose service so infuriated a Virginia grandmother she took a
>hammer to a local Comcast office ,,,"
>
>Felice
>

the saga was fully covered in the *washington post*:

Sometimes truly American virtues arise in outlaws who -- by dint of
heroic but questionable endeavors -- display the mettle of the
national character.

For instance: The Dillinger Gang, robbing banks (and destroying
mortgages) when banks were foreclosing on the poor. Stephanie St.
Clair, matron of the numbers racket during the Harlem Renaissance,
striking a (dubious) blow for both gender and racial equality. Junior
Johnson bootlegging liquor during Prohibition (the benefits of which
were self-evident).

Fear not, fellow Americans! In these dark days of war, pestilence and
Paris Hilton, a new hero has arisen. She is none other than
75-year-old Mona "The Hammer" Shaw, who took the aforementioned
implement to her local Comcast office in Manassas to settle a score,
and boy, did she!

(more at:

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/17/AR2007101702359.html>
)

your pal,
blake

In article
>,
Gregory Morrow > wrote:

> Nancy Young wrote:
>
> > "sf" > wrote
> >
> > > Am I the only one who can't log into usenet via comcast at the
> > > moment? *I've gotten a "502 access denied" error message for about 20
> > > minutes so far. *Email is fine, I didn't get the web on first try -
> > > but did on retry. *Does anyone know what's going on? *I hate to talk
> > > to them because they act like it's my fault. *They assume I've changed
> > > settings or done something else just as bad.
> >
> > Can you imagine me? *New pc and all, trying to figure out WHY can't
> > I get to newsgroups??? *What did I screw up? *It was working fine
> > yesterday!! *
> >
> > Talk about bad timing.
>
>
>
> Well, I was *this* close to getting Comcast broadband so this thread
> is *very* relevant, lol...

I've had a cable modem since about 1998, first via @Home, and then ATT,
and then I forget who, and now Comcast. It does have its problems, but
mostly it works very well. You're probably unlikely to get equivalent
speeds using DSL.

Isaac

isw wrote:

> In article
> >,
> *Gregory Morrow > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Nancy Young wrote:
>
> > > "sf" > wrote
>
> > > > Am I the only one who can't log into usenet via comcast at the
> > > > moment? *I've gotten a "502 access denied" error message for about 20
> > > > minutes so far. *Email is fine, I didn't get the web on first try -
> > > > but did on retry. *Does anyone know what's going on? *I hate to talk
> > > > to them because they act like it's my fault. *They assume I've changed
> > > > settings or done something else just as bad.
>
> > > Can you imagine me? *New pc and all, trying to figure out WHY can't
> > > I get to newsgroups??? *What did I screw up? *It was working fine
> > > yesterday!! *
>
> > > Talk about bad timing.
>
> > Well, I was *this* close to getting Comcast broadband so this thread
> > is *very* relevant, lol...
>
> I've had a cable modem since about 1998, first via @Home, and then ATT,
> and then I forget who, and now Comcast. It does have its problems, but
> mostly it works very well. You're probably unlikely to get equivalent
> speeds using DSL.


Comcast via cable modem is also another option for me, I've got their
cable teevee and their digital voice phone service; I've never
encountered any big problems, their customer service has been okay to
good. Even got the installation disc for internet when I got their
'info pack' when I got the phone a year ago. Might as well sign my
life over to Comcast, lol...

I'm about the *last* person I know with dial - up, but I'll miss that
$7.95 monthly unlimited dial - up I get from Earthlink (or probably
not)...

I don't blanche at paying a hundred a month for cable teevee, don't
know why I get an attack of "the cheaps" when it comes to the internet
service...go figure.


--
Best
Greg

Gregory Morrow wrote:

> I'm about the *last* person I know with dial - up, but I'll miss that
> $7.95 monthly unlimited dial - up I get from Earthlink (or probably
> not)...
>
> I don't blanche at paying a hundred a month for cable teevee, don't
> know why I get an attack of "the cheaps" when it comes to the internet
> service...go figure.

The day I threw in the towel and ditched dialup for cable internet,
I never looked back. My dialup connection was a huge hassle, I
was dropped continually, and when I wasn't, their news server would
be down. Never mind the painfully slow speed, like those comcast
commercials with the turtles.

I don't know why I'm so cheap sometimes. What I spend a month
above dialup has saved me far more in aggravation.

nancy

In article
>,
sf > wrote:

> Am I the only one who can't log into usenet via comcast at the
> moment? I've gotten a "502 access denied" error message for about 20
> minutes so far. Email is fine, I didn't get the web on first try -
> but did on retry. Does anyone know what's going on? I hate to talk
> to them because they act like it's my fault. They assume I've changed
> settings or done something else just as bad.
>
> I wonder if GigaNews is fighting an onslaught of SPAM messages which
> has put them offline? We fight them in our own way, but can you
> imagine how much cr*p they have to filter out?

It was a problem with Comcast. If you logged into the Comcast web portal
and went into the support forums, there's a forum for Usenet and this
complaint was voiced by people all over the United States. The problem
is fixed now though, at least it is for me.

On Mon, 19 May 2008 22:11:31 -0400, Stan Horwitz >
wrote:

>In article
>,
> sf > wrote:
>
>> Am I the only one who can't log into usenet via comcast at the
>> moment? I've gotten a "502 access denied" error message for about 20
>> minutes so far. Email is fine, I didn't get the web on first try -
>> but did on retry. Does anyone know what's going on? I hate to talk
>> to them because they act like it's my fault. They assume I've changed
>> settings or done something else just as bad.
>>
>> I wonder if GigaNews is fighting an onslaught of SPAM messages which
>> has put them offline? We fight them in our own way, but can you
>> imagine how much cr*p they have to filter out?
>
>It was a problem with Comcast. If you logged into the Comcast web portal
>and went into the support forums, there's a forum for Usenet and this
>complaint was voiced by people all over the United States. The problem
>is fixed now though, at least it is for me.

Someone with a fake return email also emailed my those sentiments, but
when I looked at the forum url there were only two posts that applied
to this particular problem. I wish they'd rearrange their threads to
more clearly indicate what year the post is from. I didn't even see
an option to put the newest first.

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sf wrote:
> Am I the only one who can't log into usenet via comcast at the
> moment? I've gotten a "502 access denied" error message for about 20
> minutes so far. Email is fine, I didn't get the web on first try -
> but did on retry. Does anyone know what's going on? I hate to talk
> to them because they act like it's my fault. They assume I've changed
> settings or done something else just as bad.





I had problems for three days and even this AM got "very weak signal"
message. Right now things are back to normal. Dialup was horrible in
comparison, but at least it was consistent.

gloria p