Comcast bought NBC/Universal a while ago, so the shittiest cable provider in the world owns this.
Here's how to say "fuck you" to these corporate demons:
1. Buy an HD antenna (mine is mounted in the attic and pulls in 30+ digital broadcast channels).
2. Do not call their customer service (what an oxymoron!) number! They will keep you on the phone, trying to talk you out of cutting them out of your life. For 30 minutes or more.
3. Rather, gather together your cable boxes, remotes (remove the batteries. The ones they included in the installation were crap to begin with, and you've most likely replaced them with decent alkaline ones a long time ago), and, yes, your cable modem.
4. Deliver this hardware to one of their storefront disservice centers.
5. Tell the clerk there you are closing your account. If the poor sap asks why, point them to this news, and tell them that you cannot avoid seeing your tax dollars going to support the Mangled Apricot Hellbeast, but you can make damned, fucking sure that your entertainment dollars will not flow to Bombast and ultimately to this shit stain on the American fabric! Or words to that effect.
6. Find another internet provider, and have them install Ethernet cable to connect to your smart TV, game console, or web-enabled BluRay player. WiFi sucks when it comes to streaming HDTV services to these devices.
7. When your antenna is connected, use the "Set up" menu on your TVs to search for available digital broadcast channels, and lock-out any NBC stations (as well as the Fox affiliate and bible-thumpers while you're at it).
Put the money you saved to work at much more deserving and suitable purposes. Me? I'm installing solar photovoltaic panels on my roof to reduce my carbon footprint, and send much less money to the monopoly utility company and their fossil fuel masters, including and especially the Koch Brothers.
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