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Created by Lee Emmert on December 7, 2006, 8:44 am

Recently the Comcast Corporation activated a feature in multiple cable markets on the set-top boxes that permits Comcast to display advertisements at the bottom of the on-screen program guide. These banner ads are intrusive, by not only reducing the number of lines that can be displayed in the guide at one time, but by also forcing the user's cursor to rest on the ad each time he/she advances to the next page.

As of this writing, the Comcast Corporation has declined to remove the ads, saying that it is not possible to do so on an individual basis. Further, their plan is to continue to roll out this "feature" to all markets in the coming weeks so that by early 2007 all Comcast customers will see them.

This petition asks Comcast Corporation to reconsider their advertising strategy with regards to their on-screen programming guide. We the undersigned respectfully request that the advertisements be removed on a system-wide basis, and in lieu of that, that a feature be added so that the ads can be removed on an individual basis upon request.

The signatures collected on this petition will be certified and then hand-delivered to the Comcast Corporation's headquarters in Philadelphia, PA.

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632 3 weeks ago    Joe Jenkins: I support this petition.
631 10 Aug 2008 - 22:40    Paul McGurn: I support this petition.
630 27 Jul 2008 - 0:14    Anthony Castanza : We already overpay for the cable service, why the hell should we have to deal with even more adds too? I wholeheartedly support this petition.
629 6 Jul 2008 - 22:06    Marcin Ludowicz : I support this petition.
628 5 Jul 2008 - 22:28    Rick L. : I support this petition. Taking 1/8 of the Guide screen for an ad is ridiculous for a paid service!
627 2 Jul 2008 - 15:55    Scott Kenniston : I support this petition.
626 2 Jul 2008 - 7:13    Sam : I don't want to see any more ads on my i-Guide (or j-Guide). Look at #620 below for who to call at Comcast.
625 1 Jul 2008 - 18:57    Alex Friderici : I support this petition.
624 29 Jun 2008 - 21:24    Bryan Shannon : I support this petition.
623 28 Jun 2008 - 2:55    brian licata : I support this petition. F the ads.
622 28 Jun 2008 - 0:55    Eric : ADS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FOR FREE ****! I AM PAYING FOR COMCAST SO WHY THE HELL DO I WANT A DAMN AD AT THE BOTTOM OF MY GUIDE!! IT WOULD NOT BE SO BAD IF YOU SCROLLED DOWN AND IT DID NOT HIGHLIGHT IT BUT IT SCREWS UP THE NAVIGATION!!!
621 26 Jun 2008 - 9:10    Brian Stone : I almost downgraded my service today, but opted for a discount. An equitable exchange for this minor inconvenience.
620 26 Jun 2008 - 4:34    Zach Johnson : I found this on comcast website, I suggest we all write to him Chip Meehan - VP, Advanced Advertising Sales Chip.Meehan@cable.comcast .com Comcast Spotlight (310) 996-8222
619 26 Jun 2008 - 4:05    M. Robins : I support this petition.
618 26 Jun 2008 - 3:52    Graeme Erickson : I support this petition.
617 9 Jun 2008 - 16:40    Jude : On the Comcast forum, Comcast has responded to this issue saying that these ads are there to help us discover the value of Comcast's services and to ofset the price of updating their infrastructure. They added,
616 29 Mar 2008 - 19:27    lj intrieri : Comcast has taken over 1/4 my
615 28 Mar 2008 - 19:23    Theresa Malcheski : I hate the ads on Comcast. They are intrusive and distracting. I am disappointed in comcast. I thought that they had more class than this. They can raise our rates, but decline to remove these ads.Maybe it is time for me to switch to a new cable company?
614 28 Mar 2008 - 2:32    ken eastman :
613 16 Mar 2008 - 21:34    Morgan Mayer : Remove the ads, or I am going to go with DirecTV or The Dish.
612 23 Dec 2007 - 16:29    Mike Cartwright : I pay for this material NOT to be attached to my e-mail program. We should all respond to the IDEAS and tell them to send all this junk/spam to the person/individual who came up with this IDEA, Bad choice COMCAST
611 23 Nov 2007 - 20:24    Rick : There is nothing like watching a movie and being interrupted by a pop up ad for another show . . .STOP IT NOW!!!!!
610 19 Nov 2007 - 23:11    Curtus :
609 17 Apr 2007 - 8:58    Bob Nicholson : I am fed up with ComCast
608 16 Apr 2007 - 3:30    Bill Wester : this is something I wont stand for I cant believe this, turn them off or you will loose many more customers.
607 16 Apr 2007 - 0:17    Steve Walsh : You greedy *******s!
606 15 Apr 2007 - 4:28    Kevin : As soon as I am finished building a dvr out of my computer and hooking up an antenna, I am canceling comcast. $150 a month to deal with a system that brakes all the time and now adds. I am done.
605 14 Apr 2007 - 19:45    Josh Castro : With an ad based system like this it makes me wish my cable box had pop ups. This is not acceptable for the amount of money we already pay for the service!
604 13 Apr 2007 - 22:41    Zack Steinkamp :
603 12 Apr 2007 - 23:33    Lisa Steinbrenner :
602 12 Apr 2007 - 3:57    Christina :
601 12 Apr 2007 - 2:38    Tarik Sayeed : We pay insame amount of money for their service and we still need go through their ads?? This is just ridiculous!!
600 11 Apr 2007 - 23:21    David : These ads raise revenue for Comcast but are not reducing our fees. GUIDE is not as easy to use as it was before the ads were added. Please remove them.
599 11 Apr 2007 - 21:29    Conor Kealy : Now Comcast has placed ads on the cable Guide. Is Comcast not making enough money from my cable bill that they have to find ways to insert more ads into my everyday life. If you want to insert ads into something I already pay for, the cable rate should go down.
598 11 Apr 2007 - 21:07    Robert Stimpson :
597 11 Apr 2007 - 3:32    David Collier : Wow... $160 a month in service fees and I think I've already given you enough money, now give me old ad-free guide back!
596 11 Apr 2007 - 2:35    Eric Elms : This spam is making me seriously consider canceling my service and just using bittorrent. I've been abused enough.
595 10 Apr 2007 - 23:42    Stanley R Berckmoes : It needs to be removed
594 8 Apr 2007 - 10:15    Ronald Bowman : Those banner ads are intolerable!!! They're treating their customers like they're giving them a free service that's paid for by on-screen ads. IT'S NOT FREE!!!! I PAY $140 A MONTH FOR THIS!!!
593 8 Apr 2007 - 9:32    Steven Osman : I find them very distracting.
592 8 Apr 2007 - 1:50    Julie Krouse : NO MORE ADS. You interfered with viewing. It's enough we pay for the service, you don't have to bury us under your ads
591 7 Apr 2007 - 14:23    Matthew Gabriel Cox : I am paying $150 a month for cable right now (plus even more for cable internet.) I'm beginning to look into alternatives... This spam is unacceptable. I'm looking into satellite and Netflix...
590 7 Apr 2007 - 11:03    Chad Scott : This is the most retarded thing Comcast has ever done in the history of Comcast, and that's saying quite a bit. Minor revenue streams are not worth alienating your core revenue stream. Fire whichever VP came up with this idiotic idea and get someone who understands how to generate real revenue in there.
589 7 Apr 2007 - 9:37    Brian Schwartz : KILL THE ADS OR I'LL GO TO DIRECTV.
588 7 Apr 2007 - 6:06    John Zissimos : Get rid of the ad banner!
587 7 Apr 2007 - 2:37    Ken Sp. : COMCAST-Why do you keep doing things that try to drive your customers away. The small amount you make off the ads will be lost, and lost forever by losing your real revenue stream. I want to stay, but so many things you do make me look elsewhere, and I always show my clients the options--and guess where 95% of the go...away from Comcast. We are the customer, we are your revenue, and without customers, the money you get from those ads will drop hugely. Quit digging in my wallet, and ruining my viewing experience.
586 6 Apr 2007 - 9:51    Carlos : NO MORE ADS
585 6 Apr 2007 - 8:26    dave koch : Comcast is blowing the goat on this one.
584 5 Apr 2007 - 4:53    Simon Motley : KIll the ads
583 5 Apr 2007 - 2:32    Steve Israel : The Comcast greedy monopoly has gone too far this time. Legislation is imminent. Stop the unbelievably annoying SPAM on my screen! NOW!!
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