http://gdbyskyharbor.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] gdbyskyharbor.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] davis_square2005-05-09 08:50 am
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Is anyone else in the area currently having a horrible time time Comcast Cable Internet? I remember that large outage we had a few weeks back and I've been experiencing the same and I want to be sure it's not my equipment before I call and complain and have the first thing their Customer Service people say is "well... is it your computer?"

I'm just getting fed up with spending money on a service that seems to fail at least 3 or 4 times a month.

[identity profile] othniel77.livejournal.com 2005-05-09 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
2 outages in the past month here in Malden...

[identity profile] jennyelfenmass.livejournal.com 2005-05-09 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Since I changed my DNS, I haven't had any problems.

[identity profile] aslant.livejournal.com 2005-05-09 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
i live about 3/4mi outside of davis, and we only had one outage in the last month that i know of, but in that case it came back on less than a minute later. but aside from that we haven't had any problems at all! good luck getting them to fix it.

[identity profile] on-reserve.livejournal.com 2005-05-09 01:12 pm (UTC)(link)
If you can, switch to RCN. Their service was much more reliable and they had the decency to credit/pro-rate for outages.

[identity profile] mrpet.livejournal.com 2005-05-09 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
RCN was down at my apt in Davis approx 15-20 times a month. RCN wouldn't credit us and refused to figure out what was wrong. We dropped them for Comcast and only saw that one outage.

[identity profile] on-reserve.livejournal.com 2005-05-09 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? That's a switch! When I lived in Davis we were always laughing at people with AT&T. Since [livejournal.com profile] mrpet is a current resident, and a very smart one at that, I say go with his advice!

[identity profile] four-thorns.livejournal.com 2005-05-09 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
i live in davis now, and i've had RCN since september, and i've never had an outage at all.

[identity profile] uberjay.livejournal.com 2005-05-09 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Same here, RCN has been great. In Waltham I had comcast, and it was nothing but trouble!
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[personal profile] jadelennox 2005-05-09 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm in East Arlington, and we switched to Verizon DSL last month because of 2-4 outages a month from Comcast. But our DSL speed's been spotty this week.

[identity profile] mrpet.livejournal.com 2005-05-09 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I haven't seen any problems with Comcast except for that first outage.

[identity profile] enochs-fable.livejournal.com 2005-05-09 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
If you have significant outages and know it's not your equipment, you can demand credit for the outages.

[identity profile] talonvaki.livejournal.com 2005-05-09 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I've not had any problems with my Comcast internet (or cable, for that matter). I'm at Summer & Hancock...
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[identity profile] tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com 2005-05-09 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
i haven't noticed any problems either, except the one last month. i'm down by highland and central.

[identity profile] schpahky.livejournal.com 2005-05-09 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I've not had problems. They upgraded to a higher speed at least in our package - told us somewhere to unplug the router and plug it back in. Maybe you could try that?

[identity profile] bombardiette.livejournal.com 2005-05-09 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I haven't had any problems in over a year. Quite happy.

[identity profile] veda815.livejournal.com 2005-05-09 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
No problems here in Medford.