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Comcast wanted man to pay $19, 000 after falsely advertising service on his street

Comcast wanted man to pay $19,000 after falsely advertising service on his street

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What’s it like to spend $10, 000 for Internet support and wait six months for Comcast offers to hook it up? Jonathan Rowny knows the answer.

Rowny and his wife and child moved from Virginia to Washington state in May 2021. Rowny told Ars that before closing on the house in the city of Buckley, he checked Comcast’s website to confirm that he could sign up for broadband.

“I went ahead and placed my order and scheduled the install with regard to the day after we moved in or whatever… I think it was about four days before closing [on the house] that will Comcast canceled my order, ” he said. Rowny said of which someone from Comcast called him with the message that “your house is not serviceable. inch

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