[gumby]

Comcast is the only choice here in Palo Alto (despite being less than 1 km from the PAIX and the AT&T DSLAMs, my only other "choice" is 386K DSL from AT&T).

They cut my bill by 20% if I subscribe to TV service. The cable box sits still in its shipping box; its only function is to cut my bill.

It was a "one year, one time deal" but when I called to cancel TV service the rep told me I can just sign up for it again every year.

Guess they are scamming the TV advertisers.