Unexpected charge for Comcast service call

I had the same problem. The service was down for 3 weeks and the techs kept hanging off the phone when they couldn't resolve the problem. I finally had to go in person and they found out the modem was bad, but after that, two more weeks until we had the Internet back.

I signed up for comcast internet back in April 2013 and had issues with it up until Feb 2014. I initially started out with a bill of 29.95 a month, then aftert 6 months it went to 44.95, and then I get a call that it is going up to 69.95 6 months after it went to 44.95. Well I was approached by a rep in Best Buy about Comcast services. He was able to get me the triple play package (phone, internet, and cable) for 79.95 a month. I jumped on this deal thinking the internet issues may be resolved when I upgraded. Well turns out I need a special modem for the phone and only one digital set top box is included in the price. So I ended up with another 17.95 in equipment fees added to my bill. The internet became even worse after upgrading. The new modem they supplied me would release and renew my IP address every 30 mins. This made doing any kind of online gaming impossible as I would drop my connection for 2 mins every 30 mins. I ended up having to take the modem back and have them swap it for a new one. The new one droped the internet connection randomly throughout the day at 8 past the hour. I called customer support and after a few hours of bouncing around from person to person I got someone that had me go in and change the default settings of the modem to something else to resolve the issue. At this point I am happy because I have a continuous internet connection. After a few hours of playing online I am randomly hit with intermittent lag spikes. I use speedtest.net to check my connection and it is erradict, sometimes it is over 38mbps and others less than 1 mbps. I pay for 50 mbps. I call to have this issue resolved and they try everything they can think of over the phone and finally say they will have to send out a tech to trouble shoot the problem further. I schedule the appointment and the tech comes out, he was not dressed in any kind of uniform and did not have identification on him that was visible. I would not have known it was a comcast tech if the truck didnt show comcast and xfinity on the sides. He comes in and takes a look at the coaxial comming out of the back of my modem and runs a check on it. He says the coaxial cable is bad and replaces it with another piece of coaxial cable I had lying around. He says that fixed the issue and leaves. He did not even check anything else outside. Just replaces a coaxial cable that comcast sent me in a self install kit and says its bad. Needless to say my issue was not resolved. I called and again they scheduled another visit for a tech to come out. The tech shows up and spends around 30 mins checking everything outside only to find no problems. He makes a 55 ft ethernet cable and has me connect my computer directly to the modem. Hey my problem is solved. I have a stable internet connection. What good is an all in one cable modem if it does not work. I ended up having to move my room and computer around so that the computer was right next to the cable modem ( I could have left the 55 ft ethernet cable running around the room but did not feel like looking at it). I get charged 39.95 service call for the visit, when the tech did not fix the problem he only found a work around. The wireless connections of tables, phones, or other computers is very erradict. I have a strong internet connection on 1 and only 1 of my computers. I called and complained about the 39.95 charge and they refunded the 39.95 charge but not the 1.91 in taxes that was charged as a result of the 39.95 charge. What gives?

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