Irony, Thy Name Is Comcast...

Okay, y'all are gonna love this... Despite having issues with Comcast before, we decided to take advantage of their "Triple Advantage" deal for home phone, cable, and internet. We're already getting the cable and internet, and adding the phone line saves us $30 a month after the introductory period expires. We don't use the home phone all that much, and have cell phones as a back-up for times Comcast goes down, so we thought it was worth the savings to switch the home phone to Comcast.

When Mrs. G. called Comcast to start the process, the technician on the other end of the line asked if she could call back later - because the Comcast server was down...

We've had issues with Comcast as detailed before. Mrs. G.'s folks have had intermittent issues with Comcast phone service. My poor brother-in-law, the sports fanatic, had Comcast cable go out during the Superbowl. SCI-FI has battled with them off and on for a while now over cable and internet. This is just my close friends and family here, folks. This is not the way to instill confidence in one's product and/or capabilities here...

We're still going to go ahead with the switch - the introductory rate, good for the first year, saves us $70 a month right off the bat, and will continue to save us money even after the offer expires. The home phone is the only thing that will be different, and as I said before, we don't really use it all that much anyways, opting for the cell phone in most cases. I've noted a sea change in my phone habits in that I used to give my cell number when I thought it might result in unwanted calls (sales calls) so as to not clutter up the landline - that is completely reversed now.

Just thought the irony was too delicious not to share...

That is all.