Comcast High Speed Internet $19.99/mo for 6mo and $40 cable modem

[dabuddha]

On a side note, how are their newsgroup servers? Verizon's are really good but for 19.99, it's cheaper than the 29.99 im paying now

 

[Maverick]

Originally posted by: dabuddha
On a side note, how are their newsgroup servers? Verizon's are really good but for 19.99, it's cheaper than the 29.99 im paying now

they outsource to giganews and limit you to 1GB/month...i.e. it sucks ass

 

[MIDIman]

fascinating - i'm in montgomery co, and they quoted 19.95/month till dec 2003 for internet and the cable package as 19.95/month for three months, then $40/month afterwards (but showtime free till the end of the year)... wtf?

Edit - as seen here

Originally posted by: Raveheat
Here in DC/Maryland area Comcast has a special

Cable: 14.95 (6 months) Exp. 7/4
- 10 Showtime channels
- 2 free tickets to Six Flags

High Speed Internet: $19.95 (6 months) Exp. 6/30

Total cost: 34.90 (not sure about any extra charges)

Pretty good deal

 

[tlam617]

wow thats kewll.. i might think of switching too now

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: Shiva112

Originally posted by: dabuddha
On a side note, how are their newsgroup servers? Verizon's are really good but for 19.99, it's cheaper than the 29.99 im paying now

they outsource to giganews and limit you to 1GB/month...i.e. it sucks ass

Ouch that bites. Verizon's really good and AFAIK, it's unlimited. (At least I hope so)

 

[ahanafi]

Originally posted by: NetworkDad
Baahh...i'm in my new house now, and i know the service is available, but the site cant find my street address. Do they have a phone number for signup for this deal ??

Yup Dial 1-888-Comcast and slect dialing from home phone, option 1 and then press 2 for Internet service.

 

[RayEarth]

is it possible to get comcast even if when I type in my address the site says it can't find anything in my area? I've been stuck with charter pipeline since 99 and I really want to change to a better company.

 

[mbuf]

Originally posted by: Raveheat
Here in DC/Maryland area Comcast has a special

Cable: 14.95 (6 months) Exp. 7/4
- 10 Showtime channels
- 2 free tickets to Six Flags

High Speed Internet: $19.95 (6 months) Exp. 6/30

Total cost: 34.90 (not sure about any extra charges)

Pretty good deal

Thank you so much for the deal! About the promotion, I was quoted:
$19.95 for cable (3 months)
$19.95 for high speed internet (6 months)
$3 monthly for cable modem
plus one time installation fee:
$35.xx for cable on 1 tv set
$19.xx for high speed internet

No contract!

Oh, thank MIDIman for the link too.

 

[Sneezer]

I went ahead and ordered through BB today. Same offer, but no shipping charge on the modem since I did it in store. Picked up the Motorola 5100 modem, they had an open box marked down to $69.99, so I took it. Will make a couple bucks on the deal after rebates.

 

[beserkfury15]

Wait, about this new customers only thing. So you have to never have used comcast cable internet to recieve this service? Or is it that you can only sign up for this offer if you haven't used comcast cable internet in 60 days?

 

[Davegod75]

columbia md here.

Just at the verizon booth in the arundel mills mall just said i could get

19.95/month for 1 year - internet
19.95/ digital cable for 3 months.

 

[Robario]

Hey everyone -
I just moved into the chicago area(arlington heights) and i got comcast for 4 months forf $21.99. So far it's ok, but the lack of a news server is killing me. Any recomendations for high speed in this area?? Thanks all

 

[RDMustang1]

Originally posted by: Shiva112

Originally posted by: dabuddha
On a side note, how are their newsgroup servers? Verizon's are really good but for 19.99, it's cheaper than the 29.99 im paying now

they outsource to giganews and limit you to 1GB/month...i.e. it sucks ass

For former attbi members you get a "special" newsgroup server which offers the same restrictions as attbi did (which is none).. Check their website for more info..

 

[OlderButNotWiser]

You are considered a new customer if you haven't had

Comcast High Speed Internet within the past 60 days.

 

[Paddlevan]

So this is how it went for me

Free modem after radio shack MIR 80.00
$19.99 per month
Free install for brand new customer.
$13.50 Broadcast basic it sucks .

Connection up 5 minutes after initial hookup
I'd do it all again except for the broadcast basic it sucks

Y'all rock the Atl
Kinda glad I stuck around after the Guinness bottle opener

Paddlevan

 

[bttjsj]

This is the best high speed offer so far I have seen. I jumped in right away and waiting for the cable guy coming over on Thursday. The CSR on the phone said that they upgrade the basic install to premier for free. Although not much use for me, may be useful to some.

The fine print in BestBuy's ads said that if you are not an existing Comcast customer, the deal becomes $14.95 more expensive. However, I think you can sigh up Comcast's lowest cable TV plan for $10 per month. That only give you local broadcase channels but it's definately better than anntena. Besides, it also have a handful of cable channels from time to time. I had VH1 and TBS for more than 10 months.

 

[yaf]

Paddlevan:

What channels come with that $13.50 basic plan?

 

[dave127]

hey, the deal for me is showing 29.99 for 6 months instead of the 19.99 you guys are talking about...is this deal over?

 

[dew042]

if you have cable tv from comcast already - you can get the exact same deal from your friendly best buy location and leave with a modem in hand....

free modem after rebates, free install and 6 months at 19.99

dew.

 

[dafury]

I got ahold of my local best buy, the rate they said was $29.95 for the first six months, just as the website says.

 

[canoner]

Originally posted by: Robario
Hey everyone -
I just moved into the chicago area(arlington heights) and i got comcast for 4 months forf $21.99. So far it's ok, but the lack of a news server is killing me. Any recomendations for high speed in this area?? Thanks all

I am in Chicago area I got Comcast recently and it DOES have a news server, you should find it thru www.comcast.net.

 

[treidenb]

I called Comcast to check prices on cable tv service, in order to get the discount internet rate for customers. NW Indiana started a digital cable tv promotion, so I was able to sign up with:

$29.99 / month - Digital Cable for 4 months (May end Sept. 15)
$19.99 / month - Internet for 6 months (May end Aug. 31)
$24.95 - Installation Fee

Cable modem can be purchased for $130 or leased for $3 / month, so I will provide my own. Comcast requires no contracts, so that's pretty nice. The prices sky rocket after the promotions though. In order to get local channels only it will cost $26.99 per month. Basic cable is $40 and digital is $54.99.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: m1ke101
got in on this deal...using comcast right now. Its pretty good, faster than than the pac bell DSL I had. Its about 200k dl and 40k ul. Got the 6 months for $19.99 and free basic installation. The installation guy was really cool and did the "premium" install for no extra charge. Probably saved me half an hour.

I thought that the difference in installations, was that with the "premium" install, you also got a NIC for the computer. No?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Shiva112

Originally posted by: dabuddha
On a side note, how are their newsgroup servers? Verizon's are really good but for 19.99, it's cheaper than the 29.99 im paying now

they outsource to giganews and limit you to 1GB/month...i.e. it sucks ass

Wow. I just recently got Verizon DSL here, and I think I've leeched nearly 40GB in less than a week! I just can't imagine a 1GB/month cap, that's like, barely more than a single CD's worth of data.

Granted, since VZ operate their own news servers, my connection to them doesn't take up any of VZ's upstream-provider bandwidth. (Well, if they even have one, they are probably a major peer themselves. But the point is that it doesn't take up any of their internet bandwidth, just their local service network. Unlimited newsgroup access is a major plus in my book. On the downside, my 1.5Mbit/s-provisioned link will only sync at 1.1Mb/s due to line issues.)

 

[PreachTru]

I've had comcast for 3 months now, and originally had 2mo free then $42.95/mo after that.

Saw this thread so I decided to call comcast and see if I could get the $19.99/mo until 2004 deal. The customer service lady was extremely nice. She had to ask her supervisor if I could switch to this "deal"... and the supervisor said yes.

So I now have $19.99/mo broadband until January 23rd 2004 and a $22.00 credit on my account from the one month I did pay.