Over a year ago we moved into this condo. We rent the place. I called to check and make sure I could get Comcast before we moved into the place. It took three weeks for Comcast to tell me that they did not offer Comcast for these four condos. I found out they do have a box here.
So now I am going to get Comcast Internet and telephone service on December 3rd. I will get free local TV stations for one year.
This is going to be the first time I will be waiting for the cable guy and I already have Internet service. I guess I will not be watching out the window for a cable truck. I will cancel the Bell South phone service and Internet service after the Comcast is installed. A year ago, when we moved in here, I went three weeks without Internet during which three or four cable guys came out to try and get the cable working. The first guy had hooked into an AT&T cable box in error so I had cable TV for those three weeks but no Internet.
(OK time to be truthful. When the last Comcast guy came out and told me there is no Comcast box here and I told him but I got Comcast cable TV. He came in and looked and said that is not Comcast TV. I took him outside and I said this is your box and this is where the first guy hooked in to get the cable. He said that is an AT&T box. I said oh OK well you better disconnect me from the box. He did not do it and I got free AT&T cable for a few months. One day I saw an AT&T truck out at the box and he disconnected me.)
I did try and be honest about the AT&T cable service. When I could not get Comcast I signed up with AT&T for phone service and for their "DSL" service. When the install guy came out and all he did was plug one box into an electric plus and another box into another socket and then hooked in a network cable and that was it. I told him the story and that I was hooked into an AT&T cable box and getting their TV. He said that Comcast guy was a crook and that was stealing and I told him no the cable guy that hooked into it did not know what he was doing. He said no he knew what he was doing and that you could not be that dumb. I said oh yes he could be that dumb. (I was defending him. Smile) I told the AT&T guy well you better disconnect me from the box and he left and did not disconnect me from the box.
I think I did more than my share of trying to be honest. It is hard to be honest when your so poor.
I hope this new Internet service is going to be faster. Right now, with Bell South, I get 1.5 M down. The new Comcast service is going to be 6 M down. It should be faster.
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