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The Libes Libation: Comcast's New Residential Phone Service

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Why I love Comcast, Verizon, the FCC, and everyone else. Thursday, December 22, 2005. Comcast's New Residential Phone Service. Starting last week, Comcast began rolling out phone service (called " Digital Voice". In parts of Maryland and Virginia. The Comcast press release specifically says Montgomery County residents can get service (although when I visited the website to try to sign up, it told me I was ineligible). Why would you want to switch your phone service from Verizon to Comcast? Surprisingly, ...

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The Libes Libation: 2012-05

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Why I love Comcast, Verizon, the FCC, and everyone else. Friday, May 11, 2012. Hooray. Verizon removed their line from my lawn and my neighbor's lawn. Comcast stopped demanding I return their equipment and instead sent me a check for the money they owed me. Wow. Everyone's finally doing the right thing. All it took was some public complaining. Unfortunately even saying " Unless the offer is free service, no thanks. Only without commercials, and only if I couldn't already get them from Hulu. The statement...

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The Libes Libation: Comcast Franchise Renewal

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Why I love Comcast, Verizon, the FCC, and everyone else. Thursday, March 01, 2012. Comcast's franchise with Montgomery County was signed in 1998 to last a period of 15 years. I've never been through a renewal before but it's my understanding that in some sense, this is an opportunity to start from scratch. Anything in the prior agreement can be changed (except what is required by law). Each focus group lasts two hours and refreshments will be provided. The focus groups are organized to encourage peop...

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The Libes Libation: Secret Comcast Offers

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Why I love Comcast, Verizon, the FCC, and everyone else. Friday, May 19, 2006. In 2002, Comcast merged with AT&T Broadband. In Montgomery County, this merger required that Comcast sign a document transferring control of the existing video franchise. One of the more interesting parts of the AT&TComcastTransferAgreement.pdf" transfer agreement. Back to the Present. If I surf over to comcast.com. Now, enter a Montgomery County zip code, and click on Products and Services. For example, do you want:. Comcast ...

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The Libes Libation: 2012-03

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Why I love Comcast, Verizon, the FCC, and everyone else. Thursday, March 29, 2012. Left people hanging. This will conclude the story. I hope. The good news is that I got my FiOS service. Works as advertised. A test from my home in Montgomery County, MD to a well-regarded speed testing server in NJ showed Verizon exceeded the promised 15/5 speed. (See pic below.) And this was at 10pm in the evening, a prime-time for internet usage. Of course, I cannot end without mentioning a few annoying things:. There's...

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The Libes Libation: Pepco Prolongs

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Why I love Comcast, Verizon, the FCC, and everyone else. Sunday, August 21, 2011. It's been almost three months since I last posted a description of some of the things that had gone wrong with my thermostats. Provided through Pepco's Energy Wise Rewards. EWR) program. So where are we now? Comverge cannot call Pepco? So I called Pepco. That turned out to be a challenge just because Pepco's phone is answered with a phone tree that asks if you want to report an outage, pay a bill, and so on. As far ...I don...

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The Libes Libation: FiOS Arrives

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Why I love Comcast, Verizon, the FCC, and everyone else. Thursday, March 29, 2012. Left people hanging. This will conclude the story. I hope. The good news is that I got my FiOS service. Works as advertised. A test from my home in Montgomery County, MD to a well-regarded speed testing server in NJ showed Verizon exceeded the promised 15/5 speed. (See pic below.) And this was at 10pm in the evening, a prime-time for internet usage. Of course, I cannot end without mentioning a few annoying things:. There's...

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The Libes Libation: Email Ownership

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Why I love Comcast, Verizon, the FCC, and everyone else. Tuesday, March 24, 2009. About ISP-provided email addresses and how risky they are. To recap, you're at the mercy of your ISP when you use an address such as don@comcast.net or don@verizon.net. Numerous people at broadbandreports.com. Previously, I mentioned another concern: Switch providers and you must leave your address behind. Few ISPs providers let you keep your address or offer to forward your email. About a year later, he decided he didn't l...

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The Libes Libation: Pepco Ignores

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Why I love Comcast, Verizon, the FCC, and everyone else. Sunday, June 13, 2010. Since my earlier post about Pepco's Energy Wise program. Many people have emailed me with stories similar to mine. The only difference is that some are even worse. Here are some of the additional complaints:. Thermostats not working, even from the front panel. Thermostats not installed correctly. Thermostats making frequent clicking noises. Full manuals for thermostats unavailable. That's apart from my earlier complaints:.

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The Libes Libation: Too Soon?

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Why I love Comcast, Verizon, the FCC, and everyone else. Friday, May 11, 2012. Hooray. Verizon removed their line from my lawn and my neighbor's lawn. Comcast stopped demanding I return their equipment and instead sent me a check for the money they owed me. Wow. Everyone's finally doing the right thing. All it took was some public complaining. Unfortunately even saying " Unless the offer is free service, no thanks. Only without commercials, and only if I couldn't already get them from Hulu. The statement...