Call Comcast and request your cable to vbe installed. They will give you a “Time frame Window” .
As soon as they state their little window of 6 hours that you are supposed to stay home from work to accomodate this company who makes you feel as if you have no alternative. Don’t bother requesting anything or asking any questions, they will belittle you and let you know they are very busy. Go the full nine yards with the phone call, make sure all of the paper work is done and then slam them with the big fat juicy one. Just before they get the chance to build up the steam and read the last line or recite the last line of their typical ” how to end a call” Rule book. Say with excitement ” Awesome that works out fine, I also ordered Direct Tv to arrive that same day, My friends and I have a bet which one will come and install first, I am betting on direct tv and from the huge time frame you gave me, I am gonna win the $200 bet, Well which ever shows up first is the one I am gonna use”.
Now end the call with something you have rehearsed ” thanks for accepting my call and taking my order, if there isn’t any more information you need from me again I would like to thank and wish you a good day.”
Now call direct tv and do the same.
Direct tv takes for ever, but do your best to schedual the same day.. which ever one shows up last, tell them it must have been a prank call. If you get lucky, you get direct tv and Dsl. Dsl shouldnt exceed $30 a month and sometimes has greater bandwaidth than comcast, I mean comcast shows cool stats and specs when you do bandwidth tests, but in file transfer , they fall short of dsl. Earthlink is inexpensive and can find people to work with you.
Dsl has gotten really good in the past few years.. If you are in the right area.
