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Should I stay or go: Comcast versus Qwest
OK, serious discussion here. Very serious.
I've had Qwest since it was US West - and DSL since 720k was faster than everyone else - but I never use it. I only use the phone to answer telemarketers, and for my relatives to phone me or my son, and I download Qwest email to my laptop using Comcast cable modem broadband.
But, technically, it is my primary email account.
How is the Comcast Triple Play thing? I get cable service (expanded basic plus Sundance/IFC/SciFi/AMC) and I get cable modem already.
Should I just give up on paying $110 a month for phone, plus $10 for LD, and do this Triple Play thing?
And, if I do, what should I do about my old primary email? Should I see if I can forward it to the Comcast email account I never use? Or use Yahoo (have that too).?
Advice? Sure, I'd like technical points, but I'm able to do that crap, just find it boring
Reliability (Score:1)
Last time I called Comcast support (for what turned out to be region-wide multi-hour downtime for a network upgrade), I almost spat at the CS rep, "Thank God I don't have Triple-play." I mean, if your phone goes down with the net connection, how are you going to complain? Especially considering part of how they identify calling customers is bas