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the internet is like breathing for some; hello xltronic. when i first moved into this place, my landlady heavily suggested comcast. part of the reason i opted for this place is that xyz, a smaller, more local cable isp, was in service in the area. i had used them in the past and found them to be pleasant, for a cable company, aside from a hilarious-yet-pathetic letter sent to me in 2009 announcing bullshit fees, from, i shit you not, richard wadman, a.k.a. dick wadman so i moved into this place, and called xyz. the install is, to be fair, a bit of a nightmare. i live in a structure offset from the main house, and some black bro and i are legit working together to find where the fuck the cable actually goes into my unit -- and it turns out to be in an underground conduit, going over to the main structure. we secure landlady permission for egress and spelunk it into the gross basement. i reflect on the forgotten remains of the 80s childhood reminents of, oh, three kids, skateboards, a bike, but business. xyz cable man finally gets a beep, and we legit both are like dfhgjdfg YES FINALLY and he's all, i'm gonna go outside, hang onto this one, tug it when i get out but he'd yanked other lines all over, in the hunt. disconnected shit. my modem works, but my landlady freaks out: one of my TVs doesn't work! i told you to go with comcast! at this point, i am hjdfgjhdfg. you fucking like comcast? you wanted me to go with comcast? i thought that was just, like, a recommendation?! and there was drama. it did not stop there |
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a week or three later, the modem is just losing upstream constantly. i keep calling tech support; they are all uhhhhh i dunno i can't get a signal landlady had comcast come back to fix her tv, i was stressing they'd crosswired and fucked me over. i ask to come take a look at the wires myself; she freaks out and tells me to fuck off. not with words like "fuck" per se, but the message was clear eventually they send a tech out and he's all "ohhhh yeah we had problems with these modems we've been replacing them" and i just wanted to scream THEN WHY DID YOU FUCKING SET ME UP WITH THAT SHIT IN THE FIRST PLACE but i wanted the fucking internet back so i just said oh thanks because in that month i didn't have reliable internet, i was legitimately going insane. |
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the current drama is this: my credit card expired. i updated most autopay whatever, but i missed xyz cable. i get some angry email. i attempt to log in. they want my account number. i have to dig through unopened mail for three minutes but, ok, fine, here. i don't remember my username or password. after lots of data entry verification it says "ok, you're logged in, you can change your password now" but for the life of me i cannot find where i am actually supposed to change my password. meanwhile, i cannot find anything about updating my credit card for autopay. all there is, is a manual entry one-pay and so i just pay it, late fees, this is their fucking strategy, refuse to let me update my credit card and password and making paying the bill such a fucking royal pain in the ass that i can't be arsed for weeks because dfjgkdfjkgdf and then more late fees |
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oh yes and originally some old fart was scheduled to show up and take a look at my fucked cable and i took a day off work to be there and he calls up right at the end of the three-hour window being all uhhhhh sorry im held up i can't make it today in my head: you fucking alcoholic douchebag, i can hear it in your voice, you are a fucking piece of shit and if you had it together you wouldn't have fucked me over i actually say: i took a day off work for this. my internet isn't working. this is unacceptable then he's ohhhh uhhh can i came back tomorrow and the boundary collides and i'm all I JUST FUCKING TOOK A DAY OFF I CAN'T DO IT AGAIN TOMORROW and then we're into the corporate scheduling calendar for next weekend or some shit and thank god that asshole wasn't on shift that next round |
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If you download a movie from pirate bay without a vpn, the cable "company" (ie. government) will send you a warning. Not sure what happens after 3 or so warnings, eternal internet ban? One of those million dollar lawsuits for "pirating"? I don't know how internet works but I suspect it's another trick to turn the population into eternal slave renters. Like why does everyone in an apartment building have to buy separate internet? Why can't 1 person rent internet then share his wifi key with 9 other people so each only pays 1/10th? |
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