BSD24
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join:2008-04-30
Middleboro, MA
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| reply to jc100
Re: Not as bad...
jc100 - read the agreement with Comcast. Most likely this customer they are talking about already had an UNDERGROUND connection to Comcast. Underground has been around for a very very very long time, it all depends on the community you live in. Some are U/G for other reasons, but most likely reasons is that is how the town/city is setup already. All this was was an upgrade cap that protects the access point where the connection is made.
I bet you this womens other utilities are running thru same or nearby aswell, this is standard procedures for cable operators across the country. It is legal - given you take a look at cable operator's "User Agreements". You probably didn't even know that the agreement shows Comcast owns the sections after the first 12 inches of cable that exit the home.
Another point, is there is a huge difference between an underground connect, meaning that is how the customer connects to Comcast (depends on city town because of telephone poles and regulations, or if the customer is more than 300feet from aerial drop), and the huge boxes that AT&T is using on poles and in the lawns of consumers. AT&T must have the boxes on the poles because of the way they deliver the service. U-VERSE is very difficult, only 1 or 2 device(s) in a home can talk back (upstream) in most cases at one time. The technology is expensive and very limited on what it can and its future is even very limited. When I think of U-VERSE I think of USELESS and A JOKE! |
