TV Watching is going just fine, but its a little complicated for Elly. I have:
- Antenna for CBS, NBC and ABC Boston stations
- Laptop PC with Sling for CNN & ESPN
- Same laptop with a browser for hdtvshows.net
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Cutting the Cable TV Cord - Part 4 Problem with VOIP
Last night our land line had no dial tone!. I call 1-VOIP, they said they will sand out a new box FedEx overnight. Today the box arrived, replace the old on and Voila! Land line back up & running!
TV Watching is going just fine, but its a little complicated for Elly. I have:
TV Watching is going just fine, but its a little complicated for Elly. I have:
Saturday, April 15, 2017
Cutting the Cable TV Cord - Part 3:Turning in my Set Top Boxes
Yesterday, I went to the Comcast store and turned in my Set Top Boxes for the TV. No problems at the store, kept my Xfinity Blast Internet service.
When I got home, I had NO Internet service! Called Comcast support, I was on the phone for over 4 hours with multiple support people. They all assured me that everything was OK, and it should be working, they said they would send a tech out the next day.
Today when I woke up, I checked the modem and all the lights indicated it was OK. It worked fine. I got a call from Comcast saying there was a problem in the area last night. What a coincidence! I told him that I still wanted the tech to check the speed.
The tech came at 2:00 we chatted, checked the speed (230MBPS download) . He said the phone support should have realized that there was a problem in the area when thousands of people from the same area called support. Oh well. All is fine now and I am saving $130 per month!
When I got home, I had NO Internet service! Called Comcast support, I was on the phone for over 4 hours with multiple support people. They all assured me that everything was OK, and it should be working, they said they would send a tech out the next day.
Today when I woke up, I checked the modem and all the lights indicated it was OK. It worked fine. I got a call from Comcast saying there was a problem in the area last night. What a coincidence! I told him that I still wanted the tech to check the speed.
The tech came at 2:00 we chatted, checked the speed (230MBPS download) . He said the phone support should have realized that there was a problem in the area when thousands of people from the same area called support. Oh well. All is fine now and I am saving $130 per month!
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Cutting the Cable TV Cord - Part 2: Home Phone Land Line Porting
Since we still wanted to keep our land line and home phone number, I had decided to get the VOIP service from 1-VOIP. Today, I had to take call forwarding off of the number on Comcast and wait for the port to happen.
Around 10:00 this morning I dialed the home phone number from my cell. It rang! Phone porting complete! I looked at my Comcast Account and it said that I was no longer a Voice customer. My bill went down from $230 to $211 per month.
Later this week I will bring all the TV boxes to the Comcast office and cancel my TV service. Hope I don't get too much of a hassle.
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