Back and sassier than ever
August 8, 2010
OK, gent’s. Ladi’s. Here’s what happened:
The wiring in my house sucks. It sucks big. Imagine, if you will, the naughty parts of whichever animal you personally find to be the most objectionable, and now imagine that is what my house’s wiring currently sucks.
Basically, with the purchase of new online devices in recent weeks and months, the cable in my house couldn’t take the stress and refused to work at all. Now, I’m no electrologist, but it was explained to me by THE COMCAST GUY(tm) that despite the several jacks in the different rooms of said house, all of the signal was coming through one wire. Or something. It was bad, whatever it was. Trying to get that fixed along with a trip with family and, as always, work, made an update impossible until last night.
Anyway, the next strip will be up on Tuesday like usual and if there are any more delays you know where to check.
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Ah, that sucks. I hope you’re able to get everything fixed. Lack of Internet is a drag.
A single cable line comes into your house…ideally, from there, it should split exactly twice: once to deliver the strongest signal directly to your modem, and again to deliver signals to the cable televisions. On the television branch you can play with splitters and amplifiers to taste…I don’t really watch TV, but I’m told ours works fine. The internet is the important bit. I never actually looked at your wiring, but I’ve got $5 that says your main line hit a 4+way splitter before.
But like with all your tech issues, you were right not to call, since I might have accidentally brought some of my rather fine doughnuts with me, along with all your stuff you left at Tater’s
Comcast? There’s your first mistake. I worked Comcast’s phone tech support line for a year and a half. When I say they don’t give a crap about you, imagine how Scott Peterson felt about his wife, and then apply that to Comcast’s customer relations. This was one of the issues we got calls about the most, and our management’s reply was “send a $50 technician to their home.” The fact that you got a rep. who explained it to you is nothing short of a miracle.