http://www.lostremote.com/2007/04/05/comcast-does-away-with-clocks/ Where TV Finds the Future Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:17:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/04/05/comcast-does-away-with-clocks/#comment-268868 Gene Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:11:49 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/04/05/comcast-does-away-with-clocks/#comment-268868 Gosh, it would be nice if they'd also throw away the incredibly annoying banner ad they've added to the bottom of their program guide. Not only does it reduce the number of channels listed on screen in the guide, but it intercepts the down selection when scrolling through the guide. And another annoyance: it used to be that increased advertising led to lower prices. Not in this case. Comcast raised its rates significantly at the beginning of the year, just before it introduced advertising on the guide. Gee, without a clock, how will they know what time it was when I cancelled my service? Gosh, it would be nice if they’d also throw away the incredibly annoying banner ad they’ve added to the bottom of their program guide. Not only does it reduce the number of channels listed on screen in the guide, but it intercepts the down selection when scrolling through the guide.
And another annoyance: it used to be that increased advertising led to lower prices. Not in this case. Comcast raised its rates significantly at the beginning of the year, just before it introduced advertising on the guide.
Gee, without a clock, how will they know what time it was when I cancelled my service?

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