Comcast Awarded the Golden Poo Award

ISoldat53 writes "The Consumerist has awarded Comcast the Golden Poo award for the worst company in America. From the article: 'After four rounds of bloody battle against some of the most publicly reviled businesses in America, Comcast can now run up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and hold its hands high in victory — it has bested everyone else to earn the title of Worst Company In America for 2010.'"

Re:Well deserved

[DWRECK18]

I have to agree with this as well though mine from a different side. Sure the guys showed up on time to my apartment but did little to help me. I have HD Cable and there top tier consumer internet in an APT with probably about 20 lines coming from one box on the outside to the rooms in the complex. The line coming into my apt was old and needed replaced as it wouldn't handle the signal required which I knew since I deal with it in the military. The guy that installed my cable told me to make an apt to have the line changed. So after seeing how bad it was I call and tell them hey the initial installer said i need my line replaced please do it. They proceed to send a guy to test the line and tell me its bad, but wait he cant replace it they need to send another guy. Then they send another guy to replace the line but he can't put it somewhere off of the parking lot when there were two of them so hey lets just leave it lie here where it can be cut. Then they send another guy to fix the breaks that kept happening and he too just fixed the breaks and let it lie there. Finally after 1 initial installer and 3 different techs, I had a 4th tech come and fix the breaks once again and this time run the line where all the other lines were so that it was safe from being cut again. Honestly when I tell you the first time that I need new line run and you send three guys to do it wrong we have issues. Hence another reason I hate comcast and wish I could have something else installed into my apartment.

Re:Surprise Surprise!

[DWRECK18]

Yes, funny enough it is available right next door to the complex at a 7-11 type store. Who do I have to talk to to get this installed, because I HATE COMCAST.

only 1/2 the answer....

[tacokill]

spun, you post on this subject a lot. I am certain, if we ever met in person, we would have a lot to talk about.

However, your post on this subject is only 1/2 of the story. It is a fact that the Community Reinvestment Act played a part in the loan debacle. Fraud also played a part but I don't hear you complaining about the "liars" who lied on their loan docs.

To explain "the great recession" without mentioning Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac role is disingenuous at best. And just so we are clear -- FNM and FMC are 100% government creations. Go read up on the history of those entities and then ask yourself: "does their very existence change the game?". Yes. Yes it does. I am not saying that is a good/bad thing. I am only saying that their very existence - by default - changed how the mortgage market works. I contend it changed the market for the worse because it gave people an abnormally low cost of capital.


I am hear to keep you honest, spun. You have good ideas and good replies.....but you need to be honest about both sides of the equation. It's not just "greedy, fat cat, republican bankers and politicians" that caused this mess. Plenty of misguided ideology is also responsible.

Re:OK, OK...

[aekafan]

Thats funny. The democrats gave out just as much bailout money as the republicans, and are largely owned by the same agriculture, media and pharmaceutical companies. Seeing your "debating" style as shown, it must be nice to live as such a true believer and political evangelist tool. Go on believing that voting for the other set of corporate tools will work. good luck with that

Re:OK, OK...

[ArcherB]

Thats funny. The democrats gave out just as much bailout money as the republicans,

[Citation Needed]

Strange. I don't remember the Enron bail out. How did I miss that one?

Re:Surprise Surprise!

[cgenman]

If FIOS is ostensibly available in our "area," but according to your system not available to our unit, does that mean we should push the owner of the house? Or is it likely a neighborhood by neighborhood buildout question?

Re:only 1/2 the answer....

[BJ_Covert_Action]

That's your rebuttal? It doesn't matter because the bank can just take a low federal rating instead of partaking in, possibly, poor loaning practices? I don't know about you, but when I choose a bank or loaning agency, federal rating is one of the first metrics I look at. I would wager that larger investors than myself (such as businesses) also look at said rating. So if a bank were to just say, "Nah, screw it, we'll just take the poor federal rating," I would bet they would lose a significant portion of their business.

So you say, the CRA gives them the option of partaking in risky loan programs (thus inflating the housing bubble) or taking a bad federal rating (thus causing the bank to lose business and reputation), but somehow that did not contribute to the financial clusterfuck that we're in today? Sorry, I was taking you seriously up until this point but now you just seem radical.