Comcast vs What???

[Diva Kay]

I am in my final month of a two year contract with Comcast for all three services. I need to switch elsewhere for a monthly saving of at least $100 per month.
Was thinking of Direct TV for television and possibly Century Line for internet and home phone.

Pros & Cons on this please?

Thanks.

[Kahuna32162]

We use Dish for TV, had centurylink for Internet only, but dropped because they could not deliver the kinds of speeds they promised. We now use Comcast for Internet only, 29.99 a month. We use cell phones only

[kellyjam]

For TV have Directv Comcast internet $39.99 50MPS and Ooma for home phone $3 a month works great.

[jebartle]

If you go Direct-tv, any of your TOTV friends can get you $100 off sign-up, which also gives us $100 off our bill..(.We pay $80 for TV)

I use Magic Jack $29.95 a year for phone after initial purchase at Walmart for unit (approx. $60)

I STILL have Comcast for internet at $39.95, hoping to find another carrier.

Hope this helps.

[Avista]

We have Dish TV and Comcast for Internet.

[Diva Kay]

Thanks for all the wonderful feedback.

[Figuringitout]

Thanks for all the wonderful feedback.

We have Direct TV and they said they had a bundle with Century Link, the pricing we were given was one thing but when all was said and done it was much higher, and they send you everything in the mail and you install it all, they just turn the service on. I would suggest not getting your phone and internet through Century Link our bill is $89 a month and the internet service is awful. I am in the process of changing the service to Comcast. I am happy with Direct but I think you get better pricing with the Comcast bundle. That is my two cents.

[onslowe]

We are looking to switch from Comcast for tv and go with Directv. We'd stay with Comcast for internet and phone for now.

Thank you to all of the TOTV posters who have taken the time to 'flesh out' the overall situation and choices.

Can someone tell me how complicated or burdensome is the getting rid of Comcast for tv and setting up Directv. This is a kind of important consideration. Thanks very much! :)

[jojo]

We just switched from Comcast to Direct TV but stayed with Comcast for Internet and phone although we want to explore other phone options. We like Direct TV so far.

[PPLEPEU]

You are in an area served by Bright House Networks. I've had them since January and am very pleased. Good signal, good set top boxes, and a good suspension program for us snowbirds. Nice.

[asianthree]

I would look at bright house

[jebartle]

If you are in that area you should check Brighthouse out over Direct-Tv IMHO...Direct-TV coverage during storms will be intermittent on occasions...When you return cable boxes to Comcast, office is on 27/441 across from Walmart, make sure you get receipt...My problem with Comcast is their ever changing bill that you must fight on a monthly basis. Although I must say since the bill only consists of internet service, I have not had a problem.

[jblum315]

I have that combination, Direct TV and CenturyLink for internet and phone, and it works for me and is about $100 cheaper than what I had before. I think CenturyLink owns Direcr TV but I'm not sure.

[Bavarian]

TV - DirecTv
Internet - Comcast
Phone - Vonage

[CraigC]

We've had Centurylink TV (Prism) and internet service for a year and a half, and it has been excellent at a very good price. Centurylink is great if you are in the area just north of 466A and further south. Service in those areas is provided by fiber optic to the house. The areas to the north are fed with copper wire (not coax) which is good for phone service, but not very good for internet or TV. You may want to call them to see if your neighborhood has fiber to the house. If it does, they are an excellent choice.

[Radioman41]

We are pleased with Bright House. We have internet and cable TV with them. Our phone service is NetTalk which plugs into our router and is around $40 a year.

[NYGUY]

....I think CenturyLink owns Direcr TV but I'm not sure.

No, CenturyLink does not own DirecTV.

[blueash]

If you are looking to switch because you are unhappy with Comcast, see above for options. But if you are switching because at the end of your 2 year contract they are increasing your cost big time... just call and ask for the retention desk and tell them you want a match for the best deal for new customers. e.g. Triple play at 99/mo for the next 2 years. They absolutely will give you the same deal as a new sign up.

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[velcro]

Same thing happened to me. Not happy with Noncast TV. Switched to Direct TV & Noncast for Internet.
Direct Will run you $49 a month with a promo of 3 months of premium Channels but YOU must cancel it after 3 months or it just continues and you pay for it. Free install and no charge for equipment but a $19.99 charge for delivery ( go figure). The package for that price is the standard 149 or so channels. Contract is for 24 months & the $49 is for the 1st 12 months, $79 a month after that. If you push for it they will credit you $10 a month for being a new customer. Not a bad deal & you, of course can upgrade your service for free at any time. They are so accommodating when you talk to the sales people.
For internet I went with Noncast 50 megs no install or equipt. fee & no contract for $39 a month. I don,t need a phone line so didn.t get it but they are going to push you to get it installed if you need it good no extra charge still $39 i didn.t need it.
So the 1st year is about 90 bucks and another 30 after that.
Just had them installed yesterday so far so good. Well it wasn't so far just a couple of phone calls
Try to get the internet installed before the Direct TV, they will tie into your internet and you will be able to stream movies & shows from the net through your TV.
By the way the internet is all wireless.
Good Luck:wave:

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I live in the historic district. I've had a few neighbors get dishes and they hate them. Television goes out in bad weather and the internet is incredibly slow.

So for me it's Comcast or Comcast. I hate the company, but I love the go television reception and fast internet. I wish that we had the option of Brighthouse or Verizon Fios up here. I'd dump this company in a second.

[UpNorth]

Comcast internet only. Buy the box to avoid paying them rental charges. Put a splitter before the box and run a cable to your TV. Now you are getting 60 local TV channels for free. Add a Roku box, Amazon Fire Stick, Chromecast, or Apple TV. Stream what you want. Better yet, add a Slingbox to your system up north (if you are a snowbird) and ship ALL your TV channels down here (including DVR Recordings). Watch them on a computer, tablet, or send them onto your big screen down here with your Roku.

Monthly Comcast bill for the above - about $30.

[Diva Kay]

It seems Comcast has the best internet speed for the money. I read where Charter Communications bought out Bright House. In SC, where I moved from, Charter was the best.

Thanks for all the helpful posts.

[tuccillo]

Hard to say - depends on if you are bundling services, perhaps. I have 40/20 megabits/sec with Century Link with no other services for $46/month including router lease and all taxes/fees. There is plenty of bandwidth for Netflix as it only needs 3-5 megabits/sec for HiDef. The upload bandwidth of plenty for Voice-over-IP phone.

It seems Comcast has the best internet speed for the money. I read where Charter Communications bought out Bright House. In SC, where I moved from, Charter was the best.

Thanks for all the helpful posts.

[Fredwms]

We are moving to TV in October. We now have Verizon Fios for TV plus internet and phone service as a bundle. We read that Verizon is also available in TV. Replies would be appreciated.

[UpNorth]

It seems Comcast has the best internet speed for the money. I read where Charter Communications bought out Bright House. In SC, where I moved from, Charter was the best.

Thanks for all the helpful posts.

Charter has been consistently rated as THE WORST cable company by Consumer Reports. Had it for years before ATT U-Verse became available. Charter had 1980's technology and horrible customer service. Hope it doesn't rub off on Brighthouse. If it does, you'll be thinking Comcast right away.

[Wavy Chips]

If you can hold on for awhile, WOW/Wowway/WideOpenWest is supposedly coming to TV later this year. Don't know what the coverage area will be, but we have them here in Ohio and we love them. We have Comcast at our home in TV and have had Nothing But Problems.