Not universally. In some places --the ones that had the foresight to not grant a cable monopoly and thus the ones where Comcast has to compete straight-up with

Not universally. In some places --the ones that had the foresight to not grant a cable monopoly and thus the ones where Comcast has to compete straight-up with other cable vendors-- Comcast is apparently alright. They still have the top-level corporate nonsense going on: the dns hijacking, the traffic shaping, the usage meters, etc. But most people don't notice that stuff and they tell me they're reasonably happy with the service. They're certainly paying less than I've ever been quoted in Comcast-monopoly-towns.