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Article #954Re: Sucky TCI installation...
From: BD
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 00:00
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BTW, aren't they supposed to install a filter to remove any possible
interference from the 'tv band'? The technician mentioned something about
it, and I assumed that it would totally block those freqs from getting
thru.. Well... I unplugged the modem and hooked my tv up (I don't subscribe
to cable-tv at all) and ALL the channels come thru, including the
premium-channels... If I were a couch-potato (I had to get the little tv out
of 'storage'), it wouldn't be too bad getting something for my $$,
but................
BD wrote in message <6ta300$b1l$1@newnews.startext.net>...
>They were about 1.5hrs late (they gave me a 10-12pm 'window' and got here
at
>1:30) on getting here.. They had some trouble with the first person on
their
>list today, so... They took a big short-cut and said "it should be
>up-n-running within 5 mins" and LEFT in order to get the rest of their jobs
>kicked out the door... It never did come up, and after 6-7hrs worth of
>phone-calls, I'm told that if they can't get it up before tuesday (today's
>Thursday), they'll send a truck out then... HAHAHA!!! I've already had to
>wait 2.5hrs for 'em and then atleast 6hrs of phone-tag... There anything I
>can do? I sure don't think that after what they put me thru (if they'd
>waited around.....), that they deserve the installation-fee, atleast..
>
>I expected such from a cable-co, but I sure was hoping things would turn
out
>differently.. My parents have been waiting weeks to get their pay-per-view
>sh*t working ("we'll send someone out tomorrow" always turns into "we got
>behind.. we'll send someone out next week" or "we had software problems..
>try tomorrow" or some such crap)...
>Is this going to be the same???
>
>
>
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