Comcast could have killed my husband tonight. I'm furious.

[DebJ]

55. A few things:

Comcast's bundle reduced our expenses; land-line $80 a month, Comcast, $40

My problem with Comcast is that they do not tell consumers in advance that they regularly
take out phone service for extended periods for non-breakdown situations, neither before
you sign up, nor when the outages are actually going to occur.

I am concerned for ALL the residents here in Pa, not just myself.

What bunch of luxuries? Our house was broken into 2 years ago and they couldn't
find anything worth taking except an old piggy bank. We have one tv, and one
computer, that we paid for with cash when my husband's mother died three years ago.
We were replacing a 12 year old TV that was no longer functioning properly, and
a 10 year old computer doing the same. And we hope to not need to replace either
for another 10-12 years.

When we signed up in 2009 (though not for phone) I had a full-time temporary job
that was supposed to go permanent after a year, as a newly certified teacher with student loans.
Then the furloughs started in 2010, and that job and many others were cut. I work day to day
sub work when I can get it; there are now fewer teachers for whom to sub: 1 in 4 jobs
were cut in 2011, and now the entire school system might close its doors in a manner of weeks,
and hubby works there. In 2011, we switched to the bundle to cut costs,
unaware of Comcast's scheduled outage policy.

Other luxuries: two vacations in 8 years...wow, that week in Boston was outrageously
ridiculous and irresponsible. We do not go out anywhere except to a friends house for dinner,
or three times a year to movies using a gift card we get at Christmas. My husband works,
I work the few days of subbing I can find and look for better work (not easy at 56), we
pay our bills, watch politics and go to bed. That's it. Sometimes we go to the library.
We do not drink or party, or as I said, go anywhere at all, except to the back porch in
nice weather. Just old quiet farts trying to survive and do some political volunteer work
to stop all this madness. And pay for our big mistake: me going to college to be a teacher,
to be re-trained so I could work because the physical disabilities caused by my previous
profession prevent me from earning an income that way now. High rollers, that's us!

PS: the DVR is $15 a month and will be going away either when: 1) our contract expires
shortly or 2)my husband's school district stops paying him in a few weeks because they
have no money for payroll.