The Consumerist's Worst Company in America

[gamevet]

If you don't like cable, just go with FiOS. Cable companies were happy to hear about this new competitor, and made absolutely no attempts to stonewall its availability to the public. Anyone who says otherwise is probably just dodging Dish collections reps.

Verizon Fios is the best service I've ever had, even if their router blew up and killed a couple of my electronics items in my home.

[TobalRox]

Why isn't Verizon allowed in your area? I don't know where you live so I can't point to anything concrete, but I would be willing to bet the farm that Cox Communications has made sizable monetary contributions to your state representatives over the years, and that money is always tied to certain expectations. Always follow the money.

I live in CT and in our area the contract is with SBC (used to be SNET) and they handle all the DSL services that normally would be Verizon... This and I was going to say what Diff-chan said:

FIOS isn't expanding to any more areas. They stopped developing in 2009 or 2010. If you don't have it, you never will.

I thought I had heard this too, but wasn't sure if I was remembering wrong. When I contacted Verizon when FiOS first came out they told me about the SBC contract and that it would "never happen" so I kind of stopped keeping an eye on it. Why torture myself?

Nobody needs cable television.

I've been saying this for years and have actually converted quite a few of my friends. Some of them aren't even as hardcore as me with dedicated desktop PCs hooked up to TVs and they're still never looking back.

[icarusfall]

This thread sucks.

[Frogacuda]

I don't have cable TV and haven't in almost two years. I never really miss it. Maybe for live sports, I guess.

But Cablevision has a near monopoly for broadband internet here and that's a problem because their service is slow and unreliable.

[Joust Williams]

I finally looked at this bracket. It's a fun way to group companies, but EA got the easiest road to the un-Elite 8 this side of a busted women's NCAA tournament. You could have filled the whole thing with 'financial management' companies, really.

[Opaque]

Who hates Sears?

At worst Sears is that company you completely forget exists for decades at a time.

[GohanX]

Sears only exists when I need a good tool and I'm too lazy to drive to Harbor Freight.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

I'm in Sears at least once a week.
OF course, it's only to scour for clearance games, electronic, and tools.

[SamuraiMoogle]

Sears selection of tools kinda sucks. Unless you like Craftsman, which is shit. Sears can go bankrupt and nobody would miss them.

[Fe 26]

Sears only exists when I need a good tool and I'm too lazy to drive to Harbor Freight.

you buy your 'good tools' from that shittool monger, Harbor Freight?