Giving Comcast the partial boot

I have successfully setup my OTA antenna, and I am happy with the results and the channels. That being said I am probably going to drop my Comcast cable subscription (i recently tried to negotiate a better deal and they refused to budge). My problem is I have internet service with them as well, and VOIP w/Vonage. If I cancel the cable they are going to jack the price of my internet from ~$45 to ~60/month. The bundled price of their phone service is still more than vonage, so I am not inclined to switch. If I go back to ATT for just DSL, I will lose some of the speed, but will be less than $40/month for internet (again no phone service from ATT).

Has anyone else been in this situation before? Are there other solutions I am missing...what have others on here done before. I'm still giving my OTA setup about a week before I pull the plug on this.

I have successfully setup my OTA antenna, and I am happy with the results and the channels. That being said I am probably going to drop my Comcast cable subscription (i recently tried to negotiate a better deal and they refused to budge). My problem is I have internet service with them as well, and VOIP w/Vonage. If I cancel the cable they are going to jack the price of my internet from ~$45 to ~60/month. The bundled price of their phone service is still more than vonage, so I am not inclined to switch. If I go back to ATT for just DSL, I will lose some of the speed, but will be less than $40/month for internet (again no phone service from ATT).

Has anyone else been in this situation before? Are there other solutions I am missing...what have others on here done before. I'm still giving my OTA setup about a week before I pull the plug on this.


What helps is when Comsuck knows there is another provider in your area. That's the only way they will budge. You can read my experience in my thread, it may help you.

I have cablevision, and my promo year just ended, which made my bill go up about $40 per month. I called up and and chose the disconnect option. That gets you to a retentions department. I asked if their were any penalties if I canceled service. I told them I was going to switch to dish network. They knocked about $25 per month off of my bill, which I took. Luckily my internet would have only gone from $44 per month to $49 per month, if I had canceled. Your $15 jump is pretty steep. That's how they keep you though. Try calling and tell them the reason you are canceling is due to the high price and you are looking into dish network. It worked for me. Good luck!!

the problem is they offer no custimization of their plans. Like I would be perfectly happy with just the HD channels...none of the non-HD digital tier. I have asked for this and they say no way. With all of the channels I am getting OTA, I don't really want/need anything they offer now. But I still need Internet, and I don't have traditional landline service. I can pay the jacked up internet price, buy a netflix plan for movies...and still be ahead more than $40/month...or switch to DSL (no phone) and be about $5 cheaper than my current internet cost/month...:banghead: