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February 2, 2005
Going Dark in T-3...
I called Comcast the other day to schedule activation of cable modem service. They insisted (on their website) that you had to have the modem before you call, so I had waited patiently 'till the modem arrived, and then got on the phone.
Turns out that the address (being new construction and all) doesn't yet appear in their billing system, which means they have to go out and actual connect the cable - a process which takes "between 8-10 business days." Then, once that's done, I have to call them back and schedule cable modem activation - which takes another several business days.
So the end result is that once we leave the apartment on Saturday, we'll be off-line for about two weeks.
Talk about separation anxiety.
I'll continue to have access at work, of course, but Dawnise will be sorta stuck.
While contemplating this, I realized that the room where I plan to put the TV and TiVo is pretty much the only room in the house that's not wired for cable and telephone.
'Course we don't have a telephone yet, so the TiVo will be generally pissed off. I've hacked it and it'll happily make calls over the broadband...
Never mind.
Makes me wonder if the DirectTV guy showing up on Sunday will actually be able to successfully complete the installation. We'll see, I guess.
Posted by dberger at February 2, 2005 9:11 PM