Metrocast Put It To Me!

Rusty · 06-17-2014, 06:22 AM

Cable companies "will" do a credit check on you when you give them your SS number. Over the years cable companies have been losing a lot of revenue due to dead beat customers.

IMO I don't blame them for wanting everyone's SS number.

Some companies will accept an upfront fee instead of the SS number. This is a fee that will protect the company in case you fail to pay your bill.

They want creditworthy customers who can pay their bills. I see nothing wrong with that.

beaner · 06-17-2014, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

Over the years cable companies have been losing a lot of revenue due to dead beat customers.

Maybe if Metrocast weren't charging so much, they'd have fewer "dead beats".

In Wolfeboro, the monthly bill for Metrocast "Expanded Basic Service" has increased 25% in just the past 2 years. No matter how the economy is doing, the rate has gone up every year for decades. The result is that for each of the past 2 years, we paid over $100 more for Expanded Basic cable (no premium channels or converter box) than the annual cost of electricity for our household!

As soon as we realized this, we downgraded to Basic service. Maybe when basic service costs more than electricity, we'll get rid of that, too.

I'd love to know who is negotiating those never-ending contracts with Metrocast on our behalf. If I signed up for just a year or 2 of cellular or internet, the rate would be locked in for that term.

fatlazyless · 06-18-2014, 06:44 AM

Paying for 175-channels is expensive when I probably only look at 10-channels for 95% of the time. Would be great if tv were sold on an individual, one channel by one channel, order channels that you want order format as opposed to bundled groups of channels. For watching tv, bundling channels just gives me a lot of channels I never watch at extra cost.

Will probably happen the same time as when most all tv shows are done live before a viewer audience and in black & white.......no-time soon??? About the only b&w, live tv here in these parts is the Laconia City Councillors tv show.

06-17-2014, 06:22 AM	#1
Rusty Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,028 Thanks: 603 Thanked 687 Times in 425 Posts	Cable companies "will" do a credit check on you when you give them your SS number. Over the years cable companies have been losing a lot of revenue due to dead beat customers. IMO I don't blame them for wanting everyone's SS number. Some companies will accept an upfront fee instead of the SS number. This is a fee that will protect the company in case you fail to pay your bill. They want creditworthy customers who can pay their bills. I see nothing wrong with that. __________________ It's never crowded along the extra mile.

06-18-2014, 06:44 AM	#3
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,830 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 302 Thanked 1,033 Times in 752 Posts	Paying for 175-channels is expensive when I probably only look at 10-channels for 95% of the time. Would be great if tv were sold on an individual, one channel by one channel, order channels that you want order format as opposed to bundled groups of channels. For watching tv, bundling channels just gives me a lot of channels I never watch at extra cost. Will probably happen the same time as when most all tv shows are done live before a viewer audience and in black & white.......no-time soon??? About the only b&w, live tv here in these parts is the Laconia City Councillors tv show. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!