Problem partially solved?

V10L3N7_JAY

Shared on Sun, 10/28/2007 - 17:28
So my last entry talked about how there's no high speed internet where I'm moving too and how I was screwed.
We talked to Time Warner cable (our current provider) to find out why there're not in that area since I work in the field of communications and I noticed that the main cable feed is indeed on the telephone poles down the street but not going by our new house.
Their answer was that not enough customers on that road wanted service so they couldn't warrant running service down there because they wouldn't make enough money on 1 or 2 services to pay for the materials.

I can understand that because like I said, I install main fiber-optic and cable lines so I know how much that stuff costs per foot. They said they would run a main feed down to our new house but it would cost us over $2000, meaning we're basically covering their loses for the service. And it would cost us less depending on how many more customers we could scrounge up on that same street. We needed at least 4 houses to sign up so that installation wouldn't cost us anything.

We just got back from going door to door and checking with our future neighbors.

We got 8 of them to sign up!

So it looks like I won't be losing my high speed internet afterall.

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supergg2k's picture
Submitted by supergg2k on Thu, 11/01/2007 - 06:42
I wonder if I could do the same thing with Verizon FiOS in my part of the world... +1 for the inspiration
TANK's picture
Submitted by TANK on Sun, 10/28/2007 - 17:50
NICE good work! So how long will it take them to trench a new cable and get that all fired up?
V10L3N7_JAY's picture
Submitted by V10L3N7_JAY on Sun, 10/28/2007 - 19:15
Shouldn't take too long. I work on line crews sometimes and it just takes a day of lashing up a splice off the pole from the main pole down to our new house. Then hand digging in a buried service wire to the house off the nearest pole.
Durty's picture
Submitted by Durty on Sun, 10/28/2007 - 23:01
Very cool!
kiowawarchief's picture
Submitted by kiowawarchief on Mon, 10/29/2007 - 02:29
Hurry up and get that cable laid people need the comic made.
jikado's picture
Submitted by jikado on Mon, 10/29/2007 - 03:28
Good for you. When I was a cable guy, I ran into a guy that had the same problem as you. I tried talking him into doing what you did, getting the neighbors interested. He said it was Comcast's job to sell their service, and opted instead to pay the huge fee.

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