Comcast is notorious for providing shitty service, everyone who's every recieved TV or internet service from them knows this! But folks don't have much of a choice b/c 2 or 3 corps. are allowed to dominate this highly deregulated market. Don't like CONcast, well, how about Qwest for internet? No what, Qwest has had dubious business practices before plus they'll most likely be either dead or obsorbed by another corp. within a year. Clear? Spotty service, horendous customer service, probably total crooks. Oh, & i believe Clear has been bought out by CONcast anyways.

Who else provides internet?

@DamosA Stephouse, but they are only in N/NE and not my SE neighborhood yet!

Comcast are about as bad as you can get to show how terrible deregulation is for a market. Time for Portlanders to move to companies like Stephouse (a Portland company) and rebuild our own economy without Comcast screwing both us and the city.

Bravo Denis!
Thanks for your work here. Though I don't have cable service, I was somewhat aware of the problem Comcast is for us Blazer fans as I head to the local pub for beer and a game.
(fuck.... Oden....)
You made me more aware of what's goin on. Thanks.
Those bastards.....

The argument against Comcast is obvious: Competition is greatly reduced. So what is the argument FOR Comcast? Why are we so desperate to give them exclusive control of our entire cable network? To a layman like me it seems completely absurd and unjustified. We can't really be put in this ridiculous position just because it funds cable access... right?

Speaking of internet, the new Republican house has plans to DO AWAY with Net Neutrality and open the internet wide to de-regulation, same as what was done with energy companies back in the 1990's (resulting in CA's rolling black-outs, Enron, & our own state being cheated out of hundreds of millions). If that happens, you can count on your web service being alot more shitty, & alot more expensive!

http://mediamatters.org/research/201004050…

Seems to me that funding for cable access is only good for and only furthers the needs of cable. Is it true public access? Do we without cable have access to such programing? I am unaware of it if we do. I may be more inclined towards the argument of benefits of cable access funding if it were broadcasted on a locally free access station, one over the airwaves for free. True public access is free and open to all. Cable access is just that, restricted to those with cable paid for programing. I hate that I live in SE 10 miles from downtown and cant get highspeed internet from anyone but Crapcast. I currently have Clear and as the name infers it only works when its clear outside. So that leaves 9 months of the year without reliable service!