Is it safe to give your Social Security Number to Cable TV companies?

I plan to sign up for a cable TV service with Comcast. I inquired with them and they said They need my name, address, phone number, and social security number to verify ID. They said having SSN tells them if I would be required to have a deposit or not. Is this normal? Are there any alternatives to giving out SSN? Thanks in advance.

Answer:
The only reason they want your SSN is to do a credit check. I say don't give it out. You may then need to give a deposit or prepay in advance. But this is a better solution than letting them have this highly personal information. Really the only people who must know your SSN are your employer and SS administration, no one else has the right to bar service from you for not providing this information.
Should be safe. They did not check your credit I guess.
yea its safe. its to do a credit check. the only time u shouldnt do it is if some unknown company wanted it. comcast is a very large well known and trusted company.
i would say no.. even known companies have regular hard working underpaid people...i would take nothing for someone to write down a few ssn and sell them to someone. i know you can refuse to give your ssn to the cable company.all they want is your money..with or without your ssn...

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