Reason #345980149 Why Comcast Sucks
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6 CommentsIt’s not like we need more reasons, but I turn on channel 255 on my Comcast cable today and get this nice message (click to enlarge):
Getting back to the matter of Comcast vs. the Big Ten Network, I’m really not sure which side I’m on. I would say that I’m on neither side since my hate for Comcast wouldn’t allow me to side with them on anything. The idea of an all Big Ten channel is a good one, but only of course if the fans of the Big Ten have access to it. Those with Comcast, which is a huge cable provider in Big Ten country, currently won’t have the BTN when it launches at the end of the month.
I definitely see where Comcast is coming from in the sense that it can’t just put a brand new channel on its most basic lineup, because then any new network would want to do the same. That’s really where the Big Ten’s demands are a little too high. My problem with Comcast though, is the reasoning that they use, saying that people shouldn’t have to pay extra for a channel they won’t watch when only Big Ten fans would. I absolutely can’t stand that statement simply because I already pay for a ton of channels I never watch. I mean honestly, does Comcast really think HGTV and Lifetime provide any purpose for me? I know there is a balance so everyone with that cable lineup can be pleased, but don’t use that as an excuse to not put the BTN on basic cable.
In the end, I’m just hoping Comcast and the BTN can come to some kind of agreement that will make the new channel available by the time it launches. I know most won’t like this, but I’m actually hoping it ends up on the sports tier since I just started getting that last month. After yanking the NFL Network from the digital tier and putting it exclusively on the sports tier, I knew that I probably should just get it over with and upgrade to the sports package. I got a pretty good deal on it anyways, so it didn’t matter to me that much.
When all is said and done, I do hope that we see the Big Ten Network on basic cable. The chances of that happening, however, are about as good as Eastern Michigan upsetting Michigan, meaning that it won’t happen. Regardless, here’s some advice both sides should take.
For Comcast, stop being such a bad provider of service and stop acting like you own the cable world. For the Big Ten, first think things through before you move a ton of your football and basketball games to a channel that not many people can even watch, and second, don’t walk around thinking that you can get what you want simply because you’re the Big Ten. Just because you decided to launch a new network doesn’t mean Comcast has to put it on the basic cable tier. If they would it’d make life a lot less stressful for the Big Ten fans out there with Comcast, but that just simply isn’t going to happen.
What a truly reprehensible company. And yet, regrettably, my only cable option. I eagerly await the expansion of satellite coverage so I can say goodbye to this anti-consumer company once and for all.
I do not get you people. If you have all this pent up frustration with Comcast then DISCONNECT! Why do you continue to subscribe, if all you do is bitch? I also do not understand the satellite expansion comment, you can get it no matter where you live. Cut down a tree if that’s what it takes. I do not want the BTN network, other than 1 football game, what the hell does this channel offer me? Nothing.
Maybe because we have to. Satellite is too expensive when you have more than just 4 TVs. Anything else would require both satellite (on 4 TVs) and Comcast on the others.
Ask Comcast how many of their developed regional sports networks did they place on an extra pay tier? Zippo is the answer. Give us a break??..they have countless channels that draw far less?..not even close to the potential of The Big Ten. I say take them to court??the special franchise deals say nothing about the Cable Company running and controlling and profiting from “Comcast Owned Networks” and they don?t pay the cities, counties, etc. a dime more in fees?..perhaps our elected officials should take a second look as many others across the United States, who now aloud competing Cable operators in the same area.
To anonymous bitching about bitching, has it occurred to you some people can’t get anything else? Comcast is the only company that services my area, so I have no choice.
What, are you going to come to my house and cut down the trees and force companies to expand the satellite service to be offered in that area? Shut up about stuff you’re too young to understand. And you whine about people bitching, and you’re bitching about them and BTN. How hypocritical and ironic.
Comcast is in this for all the money they can get. So are all the colleges and so are the professional teams, and so is your local tv stations. I don’t watch any kind of sports, and I am not going to watch the summer games either. Its not about who wins or looses, it’s about how much money they can make.