INFOWORLD GRIPE LINE BY ED FOSTER Bookmark this page

  
Display: Sort:
Oh, No -- It's Comcastic | 28 comments (28 topical) | Post A Comment
Business Cable Modems[ Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#1)
by tscoff on Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 03:19:57 AM PDT

I have a couple of Comcast's cable modems, but they're for businesses and are on Comcast's business service.  They have static IP addresses and are not restricted.

Each of them costs me $179/month, and part of what I get for the more expensive service is much faster access to tech support.  I run servers on those cable modems and Comcast knows it.  That's why I pay the extra, so that I can run those servers.

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch and you get what you pay for are two old gems that come to mind.

[ Reply to This ]



Not the issue[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#2)
by srynas on Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 05:58:34 AM PDT

True, there is no free lunch. But that is not the issue here.  The issue is that companies believe that they can negate any customer agreement at any time.

If a company offers a service and finds out that they are "losing" money; too bad.  A company should not have a right to cancel a contract in order to charge more.  If a company has a right to change a contract at will, then simple logic dictates that a customer should have a right to change the terms of service too.

[ Parent | Reply to This ]



Oh, No -- It's Comcastic | 28 comments (28 topical) | Post A Comment
Display: Sort:

Menu
· create account
· faq
· search

Login
Make a new account
Username:
Password:

 HOME  NEWS  COLUMNS  BLOGS  PODCASTS  TECHNOLOGIES  TEST CENTER  EVENTS  CAREERS  IT EXEC-CONNECT   About Awards Contact Us 

Copyright © 2006, Reprints, Permissions, Licensing, IDG Network, Privacy Policy.
All Rights reserved. InfoWorld is a leading publisher of technology information and product reviews on topics including viruses,
phishing, worms, firewalls, security, servers, storage, networking, wireless, databases, and web services.

 ComputerWorld :: LinuxWorld :: Network World :: CIO :: PC World :: Darwin :: CMO :: CSO
IT Careers :: JavaWorld :: Macworld :: Mac Central :: Playlist :: GamePro :: GameStar :: Gamerhelp
ITWorld Canada :: Computerwoche :: Techworld UK :: tecChannel :: IDG.se :: IDG.no :: IDG.pl

create account | faq | search