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Mr. Luddite[_4_]

On 2/27/2018 7:36 PM, wrote:

On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:28:53 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

I am not promoting Comcast by any means but the problems you cite must
be somewhat unique to your area. Up here Comcast has been very
reliable. Really can't remember the last time it was down for any length
of time since we moved here 2 years ago. It might occasionally drop for
a minute or two if Comcast is working on a distribution amplifier nearby
but even that is very rare. It even has worked fine in a major
ice/snowstorm last winter when we lost power for a few hours. Plugged

he router, main cable box and a TV into the generator and everything
was fine.

I understand Comcast works well up north but they suck here. They
bought out the local company and never bothered to upgrade any
equipment. This is from my Comcast neighbor. He worked for South
Florida Cable and then Media one before Comcast bought them.
+e only seem to upgrade when something breaks.

That makes sense. About three- four years ago Comcast did a major
overall up here of everyone's home equipment including distribution amps
to eliminate "splitters" that most customers had. I think they were
upgrading because of the Xfinity 1 system that wouldn't work properly
with the old gear. Comcast guy almost flipped out when he did our house
in Duxbury because it had cable running to every room except the
bathrooms. I remember he installed two distribution amps, each with 6
or 8 channels. When he was done every splitter was gone.