Dangerdoll
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Originally posted by tomm10
Except the cable company at least will upgrade that box every couple of years. This was 40 years of rent for the same phone.
they upgrade the boxes??
How To Call The Police....
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they upgrade the boxes??
My Mom's had her phone for about 35 years. She's 72, still pretty healthy, and very stubborn. She doesn't even have an answering machine. I'm 2000 miles away, and can't even leave her a message if she's not home when I call. 
Originally posted by Dangerdoll
they upgrade the boxes??
Yup. When we went over to digital cable they just gave us the new boxes. we pay more for the digital service of course but box upgrade didn't cost any more. An upgrade once every few years to keep step with the times is still better than no upgrades over 40 years
you must have a nice cable company tom. ours charged us for the boxes and when we got sick of their crappy service we returned them and they tried to charge us again! no more satan...err charter cable ever again. woohoo for satellite!
Well, I wouldn't call them nice. Its self serving really. If we kept the basic cable box we wouldn't be able to order pay per view and on demand movies as easily. With the new fangled box we can spend more money and they still charge us rent for the boxes.
Tom
Tom
My mother used to rent her phone. $10 a month!!!! Rip off. She said it was so that if any of us kids ever broke it she could get a new one no questions asked. She's so cheap too, you'd think she would have realized that that is NO bargain!!
Comcast Cable stinks!! We've had digital cable for quite a while now and over the past 2 weeks the service has been awful. We'll flip to a channel and it will say One moment please, and maybe will turn on, maybe not. UGH.
Tom ~ Initially they told me that it was a problem with our box, so I took it in and got a new box, but that didn't fix the problem. I called the next night and they said it's a system wide problem in Medford. Whatever. I'm giving them another week to straighten it out, then I'm going to start investigating Satellite. On the plus side, they gave us a fancy new remote control (with an on demand button!!)... I guess I can't be too mad at the baby for breaking the old one
~Tara
Comcast Cable stinks!! We've had digital cable for quite a while now and over the past 2 weeks the service has been awful. We'll flip to a channel and it will say One moment please, and maybe will turn on, maybe not. UGH.
Tom ~ Initially they told me that it was a problem with our box, so I took it in and got a new box, but that didn't fix the problem. I called the next night and they said it's a system wide problem in Medford. Whatever. I'm giving them another week to straighten it out, then I'm going to start investigating Satellite. On the plus side, they gave us a fancy new remote control (with an on demand button!!)... I guess I can't be too mad at the baby for breaking the old one
~Tara
I bet GEL never considered that a joke about calling the police would be hijacked into ranting about the cable company. BTW, I haven't had any cable at all for four years. We use our TV exclusively to watch a few rented videos/month.
Dangerdoll
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hehehe, I'll bet she woulda never thought either... at any rate though.... I dunno if I could live without nick at night or the court channel putting me to sleep at night....
Tara, I agree with you though, comcast digital does rot.... we ALWAyS get that "one moment please" crap....guh, it's the worst!!
Tara, I agree with you though, comcast digital does rot.... we ALWAyS get that "one moment please" crap....guh, it's the worst!!
WharfRat
Don't Panic / Always Carry A Towel
court tv puts you to sleep at night
some of those shows at night are not conducive to happy dreams ya know