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# Recording of Man's Attempt to Cancel Comcast Will Drive You Insane

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by 

[Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/)


## Laura Stampler


Jul 15, 2014 1:08 PM UTC

by 

[Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/)


## Laura Stampler


Jul 15, 2014 1:08 PM UTC

If Dante’s _Inferno_ had been written today, an extra circle of hell would be dedicated to dealings with cable providers.

Former [tech editor Ryan Block](https://twitter.com/ryan) posted a maddening [8-minute portion](https://soundcloud.com/ryan-block-10/comcastic-service) of his phone call with a Comcast “customer retention” specialist desperately (and aggressively) trying to stop Block from canceling his service.

Not taking no for an answer, the rep peppered Block with questions: “You don’t want something that works?”; “So you’re not interested in the fastest internet in the country?”; “I’m really ashamed to see you go to something that can’t give you what we can!”; “What is it about this other internet provider???”

But Comcast wasn’t a spurned lover deserving of an explanation. It is a cable provider.

Block maintained an impressive state of calm, cooly repeating “I’m declining to state, can you please go to the next question” so many times that if this were a drinking game, players might not survive the length of the call.

Block writes: “This recording picks up roughly 10 minutes into the call, whereby she and I have already played along and given a myriad of reasons and explanations as to why we are canceling (which is why I simply stopped answering the rep’s repeated question — it was clear the only sufficient answer was “Okay, please don’t disconnect our service after all.”).”

Block said that his Comcast was successfully disconnected at the end of the call.

Comcast senior vice president of customer experience [Tom Karinshak released the following statement Tuesday](http://corporate.comcast.com/comcast-voices/comcast-statement-regarding-customer-service-call) regarding the now-viral recording:

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Want to know how to avoid going through a similar experience with your own cable provider? [Here’s a quick guide](http://time.com/money/2987833/comcast-cancel-ryan-block-time-warner-att-directv-cable-bill-save/).

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