MEDIACOM THE WORST NATIONALLY
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Yeah, no. Ive had the vast, vast majority of channels i'd watch in HD for a long, long time. The only ones i didnt in hd get were a couple minor ones like espnu, which even directv got <2 years ago. Last year's additional HDs were also minor ones like disney, versus, and some other minor ones.
Its fine and all if you like your directv, but the exaggerations about how bad mediacom tv is get ridiculous. Not that mediacom doesnt have plenty of issues on the service side, but i find their tv side to be just fine.
I have Mediacom :biglaugh:
And I don't hate them as much as my post implied. Maybe I'm off, but I don't think I've had History HD for very long. Not near as long as the in-laws with DirectTV :shrug:
I'll stop bagging on the content, and get back to the service, or lack thereof. :smile:
I think you might be exaggerating a bit. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure they have added more than 6-8 HD channels within the last 2 years.
Either way, I don't have much of a problem with the cable other than the price. I will be getting more channels, WITH NFL Sunday Ticket, WITH DVR, WITH 4 total HD boxes from DirecTV for less than I am currently paying MC for 1 non-DVR box...
* & that will be cheaper for the duration of my 2 year contract *
As far as Mediacom goes....the only complaint I have is the price...but I got in on a good deal for internet...so can't complain about the price on that until it jacks up next year. But I don't have cable tv because of the cost. Just dont' see the need. If they offered the 11 or 12 dollar basic cable (like in CR/IC)I would spring for that....but not sure what I'll do next year when the cable goes up to $60 a month.
My biggest complaint with Mediacom was always that they just seemed shifty with their pricing. They don't list any rates on their website, they always seem vague about how their promotional rates work, they seem to constantly arbitrarily raise prices while still locking you into contract lengths. I think I would have kept giving them my money if they had been more upfront about their costs.
Ding ding ding.
When I first signed up, I got their regular internet (no modem rental), digital cable + sports pack, 1 DVR, 1 regular box. That was $99. Good deal.
12 months later, it went up to $135. My phone call was met with "Your promotional period has ended." What promotional period? Nobody ever said that the $99 was (A) a promotional rate or (B) that it was only good for one year.
Now it's pushing $165, even though I jettisoned the regular box and added no other services.
It's free, the Cyclones are broadcast on it (in better quality than the online paid alternative, FWIW) and school lunch menus.
Also, I don't get the last variable -
Cable/Satellite Programming : OTA TV/Internet Video = FM Radio: X
X = Satellite radio/iPods/CDs/Pandora/Spotify/String Quartets and of course the dark horse, AM radio.
Not sure the equation is equal but ok.
Enough people listen to still entice advertisers to provide me with a paid gig that is 100% fun, so there's that?
I'm amazed that there is no competition in the entire state of Iowa. In my town in West Suburban Chicago, we have WOW, AT&T and Comcast. Verizon is coming in 12 months. Internet speeds are very competitive up to 50Mbps Download, with Verizon reportedly bringing faster. And prices are going down.
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They must be using "rabbit ears" and dial-up internet as a metric if they're really of the opinion that their products are better.
I hate Mediacom because all I have/want is their cable internet yet I get a call monthly from someone in the south asking if I would like to bundle a telephone line. I asked nicely the first 3 months for them to stop calling about that because I was not interested...but they kept calling so I havent been so polite lately.
