A senior citizen called in because he wants to recieve Classic Cable and the Encore Network. He does NOT want to recieve additional channels. However, he was told that in order to recieve Encore, he must purchase a package of channels that he does not want. He would like to know why he cannot have Encore without a package.
Mr. Whitmer contacted Insight in an effort to add a premium channel to his Classic service. He was told that he must rent a cable box for each TV (at a cost of $3.95/box) in order to view premium channels. His TV is already cable ready and he does have digital service. He would like to know why he must rent the box in order to keep his normal service and add one premium channel.
Please see attached email. Mr. White is very concerned with the increasing cable bills.
Subscriber says she rec'd no notification of the rate increase; she is disappointed by the dramatic increase in rates over the past three years; she would like to pay for smaller package, with the extra channels she uses, but not pay for 60 or 70 channels she doesn't watch.
Subscriber is upset with the recent rate increase; she spoke with Insight and asked why a middle package between the $11 basic package and the $38 classic package is not available. Insight rep explained that surveys are done to determine subscriber needs - customer has never rec'd survey in 20 yrs. She would like to see a medium range package - basic plus a few extra channels available. She is also concerned about the amount of junk mai that has recently been included in her monthly bills.
Subscriber stated that his bill increased $3.50 this month. Subscriber stated that he was not informed of rate increase; he has called Insight to question his bill several times, and he has been placed on hold repeatedly and received no response.
Customer called Insight to downgrade from Classic to Basic; her bill read "change of service upgrade $13.95"; cust. called Insight to question bill and was told it was to cover the cost of the tech site visit. Cust. feels she is paying more to pay less; she wanted to downgrade for financial reasons, and instead she paid the cost of a full month of service.
Mr. Holdeman owns this property. He states that he called Insight to get a price quote for basic cable. He recieved a quote for $11.95 with free installation. After this service was installed, he received a bill for approximately $40.00 which included extended cable. He is upset that he was quoted one price but was billed another which included a service that he did not want.
Customer is forced to get an analog box to receive cable services; not only is Insight forcing her to rent the box, but Insight has made it very difficult to arrange for the box to be installed. An arrival time for a tech cannot be guaranteed; cust. waited from 8-12 and was then told she had the wrong date. Customer feels Insight is forgetting that she is the customer, and Insight is the service provider.
His DSL connection runs very slowly, but only after the computer has been on standby or has been off for awhile. He has contacted Insight on several occassions and they have come out and looked at it, but the problem still exists. The browser will often freeze after using it for awhile. He feels that they have been unresponsive to his complaints and have ignored the fact that he is disabled and incapable of doing some of the task that they have asked him to do when they have come to his home.