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yyz

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Ok. So here I sit waiting for my cable and internet to be fixed. Always seems when I have an issue, it is on a weekend. Wife was furious. She works all week, and just wants to watch the tube on her days off.

AT&T came on Saturday to hook up the guy below me. I'm 99% sure that this asshole fucked something up for me.

Well, I get an operator on the horn, and she says someone will be here today between 11 and noon. (Here's the rant)

She then tells me they will call in the morning to confirm the appointment. If I don't answer, they will cancel! I told her, I am confirming right now. She says it doesn't work that way. I again said I will be here.....make a notation and forget the call. She says she can't make a notation.

I asked her how the tech was going to know where to go, and what time he should be there? She says they send him a work order. I told her to put on the work order, that the customer will be home.......I can't do that.

I said, "well, I can't guarantee that I can answer my phone. NOW she says, "I can send you an email, and when you open it, it will serve as confirmation."

Oh my Holy Christ.

The guy coming over has no idea why I am kicking him square in the fun hut.....
 

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Pretty much every policy is enacted because of the stupidity of the general public. So basically, people routinely schedule repair visits and simply fail to be home. And it must happen a lot for them to put this policy in place. The responsible people such as yourself end up paying for their stupidity.
 

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Well, the tech came and went. Can't fix the issue because new wire has to be fished through the wall/floor. They don't do that. Need to call an electrician.
 

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Well, the tech came and went. Can't fix the issue because new wire has to be fished through the wall/floor. They don't do that. Need to call an electrician.

Then you can call AT&T back after the wiring because the electrician doesn't hook up cable. :0008
 

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The guy told you that "AT&T doesn't mess with interior wire?" That's like a body shop saying they can't fix dents. As a matter of fact, take a close look at your latest bill, because some carriers will charge you a small monthly fee for Inside Wire Maintenance unless you opt out. It's basically insurance in case anything goes wrong between the "demarcation point" -- usually a box mounted to the outside of your building -- and the jacks on your wall.

I agree it's suspect that your shit quit working when the guy hooked up your neighbor. He may have robbed your cable pair to feed the other guy. Did your service go completely out or just slow down? They may have put a splitter on your pair to feed both customers from one connection. That would potentially slow it down to a crawl if your neighbor is hogging bandwidth watching videos on how to make hot dogs and such.
 

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Completely out. Three tv's plus internet. I am 100% sure the AT&T guy fucked this up. My Charter guy could not find a cable for me. Yesterday, the cable was cut in two, and hanging from the basement rafters. Today. It was completely gone. I know the AT&T guy didn't pull the wires because he was gone.
 

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Then you can call AT&T back after the wiring because the electrician doesn't hook up cable. :0008

No. I made sure that clown spliced a line from the wall box to the spot they will a new line. The electrician can hook it up.....some day.
 

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A supervisor just checked on my situation. He looked the situation over and confirmed that Charter Speculum is useless.
 

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Finally got this shit resolved this afternoon. Cable back up after FIVE days.

What do you think I should ask for in compensation?
 

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Finally got this shit resolved this afternoon. Cable back up after FIVE days.

What do you think I should ask for in compensation?

For sure, ask for a pro-rated refund on your bill for the days you didn't have service.
 
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