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Cable's bandwidth constraints are largely self-imposed by a desire to avoid upgrading hardware, reinforced by a desire to pay as little for as few channels as customers will let them get away with. Having talked to the installers today, I confirmed that Comcast has bandwidth to burn, even taking...

It's too bad cable competition hasn't taken off yet in the Miami area. If Comcast were forced to act like a competitor rather than a monopoly that gets a steady stream of customers by default, they'd likely play the one hardcore strategic advantage they HAVE over satellite: nearly unlimited...

Sigh. THAT just ruined my day. I guess I got screwed by them after all :( for (double x=0; x < Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY; x += Double.MIN_VALUE) { System.out.println("I hate salespeople, hidden deals, and having to negotiate."); }

OK, MUCH better deal! $37.95 for digital plus one w/HD-DVR and HBO $5.99/month for each additional SD box $9.99/month for each additional HD box ($5.99 + $5.00) $15.94/month for each additional HD-DVR ($5.99 + $9.95) [not 100% sure about this one] $4.99 to add Showtime and TMC...

Did you have to commit to some specific term? The way I understood it, there's no real penalty for dropping service before the end of the 16th month if you had leased equipment to begin with. Did they take the multiswitch or LNB?

Is the ~$5 fee for additional digital receivers purely a rental charge for the box, or is it a programming fee that would have to be paid even if I owned my own compatible digital box? If it's just a box rental charge, does a purchased box have to be cablecard compatible to...

ah, ok... I was referring to "second box and beyond" prices. At $5 for SD and $10 for HD, that looks like a slightly different way of saying "$5 for a digital box, $5 more for a HD digital box" :) Sigh. If the old leased Voom boxen don't get OTA killed or have to be sent back, maybe I'll set...

I'm wildly fantasizing about Lab and HDnews, but the fact that they don't even carry FUSE in Coral Gables doesn't bode well for Voom21 via Comcast :(

is the $5 per HD box instead of, or in addition to, the monthly fee charged for additional SD digital boxes? If it's INSTEAD OF, that would mean it's either 5 cents more or 95 cents less than they charge for the SD box (don't remember offhand whether they quoted $4.95 or $5.95 per SD box)...

So is the "Satellite buy back" plan supposed to be $25/month on top of any other promos and discounts, or are there promos it can't be combined with? Do you happen to know how much they're charging for additional HD-DVRs and/or non-DVR HD boxes (for TVs that aren't technically HD, but...

Dear god! where are you and how did you pull THAT off?!? THREE HD-DVRs?!? Does that include hbo, showtime, tmc, and starz? For THAT price, with that many HD-DVRs, I'd actually consider staying with them the whole year instead of dumping them for Dish or DirecTV in another month or two (Voom...

If the installer shows up tomorrow with SD boxes that don't have S-video outputs, do I have no choice but to tell him to call the whole thing off and cancel the installation? Or can I let him go ahead and install the lame SD boxes, then exchange them myself at Comcast's office for better ones...

Last week, I arranged to have Comcast installed at my house in their Coral Gables/West Miami market and got the following deal: HD-DVR with 3 SD boxes Digital Plus 4 package (HBO, Showtime, Starz, and The Movie Channel) w/HD (basically, every last HD channel available from them) $99.68...

With other options available, you're right. But sometimes, when condo associations go into "bully" mode and make life difficult, it's nice to know that individual unit owners still have a nuclear bomb or two to drop on them and tell them to f**k off. Can you think of *anything* more...

Do people without south-facing balconies have clear vertical airspace above the balconies they DO have? I *think* the FCC has gone so far as to rule that you have the unalienable right to put the dish on a mast (resting entirely upon a private balcony under your exclusive control) that's high...