That cable company, cheeeeeeze, watt's up with em??

This is a photo I took of Carol's dog Flynn, he smiled at me on Sept 9, 2018
@rebelann (111223)
El Paso, Texas
September 16, 2018 11:54pm CST
I remember when Spectrum was Time Warner, customer service was always wonderful back then and if there was an issue they usually just came out and fixed it at the electric pole line without having to bug me. Well, late on Friday night I whistled for Ally to come in the house but she didn't respond so I went looking for her. When I went around back I saw she was watching some kritter in the empty lot next door so I walked over to her an that's when I spotted the internet cable line hanging down as far as my arm pits. I immediately called spectrum to have them come out to reattach it to the telephone pole. They said they would send someone out in the morning and would call me when they were heading this way. I didn't think much of it but on saturday afternoon (yesterday) I noticed it was still hanging low so I called back and was told that because I did not respond to their call back they canceled my ticket. I was floored. No one ever needed to have me be home when they needed to fix something on that telephone pole until now. The lineman came tonight at about 8pm and didn't even know what the issue was so I had to show him plus when he was done I had to sign for the work he did. Does this sound like a responsible way to handle their internet cable lines that have broken loose from a telephone pole? Oh, the picture of Flynn has nothing to do with this discussion, I just wanted to show him off.
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@anya12adwi (6040)
• India
17 Sep 18
I thought this kind of negligence is common phenomenon in India!!
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@rebelann (111223)
• El Paso, Texas
17 Sep 18
I am sorry but I would not know about India.
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• India
17 Sep 18
@rebelann Yes, completely fine.. But here it is common thing.. And it takes days, many phone calls and visits for them to work..
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@rebelann (111223)
• El Paso, Texas
17 Sep 18
I see what you mean @anya12adwi it must be really frustrating
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@DianneN (247080)
• United States
20 Sep 18
We never have to be at home or sign anything when a cable line comes down on our property. We use Optimum/Cablevision here. Flynn is a beauty!!!
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@rebelann (111223)
• El Paso, Texas
20 Sep 18
Yes, Flynn is a beauty and so doggone sweet. He likes to lean his 85 lb frame on me when I visit That company has not entered this part of the country.
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@rebelann (111223)
• El Paso, Texas
20 Sep 18
I suppose they all have their issues @DianneN I'm just glad I have very few issues all in all.
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@DianneN (247080)
• United States
20 Sep 18
@rebelann That's a big boy, but so glad he likes you. No company is good. We have to use another one in Florida, but it sure is better than no cable, internet, and phone.
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@irishidid (8688)
• United States
19 Sep 18
We had Time Warner it was horrible. Internet went out constantly.
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@irishidid (8688)
• United States
19 Sep 18
@rebelann I think it matters where the service is at. Time Warner was not good in the area I used to live. When we moved we picked up Comcast. I know Comcast has a bad reputation a lot of places but for us it is almost perfect.
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@rebelann (111223)
• El Paso, Texas
20 Sep 18
There used to be a comcast here as well but they're gone now @irishidid
@rebelann (111223)
• El Paso, Texas
19 Sep 18
Oh wow, I've hac TWC for years and I've rarely had that problem
@LadyDuck (458458)
• Switzerland
17 Sep 18
They never ask to be at home when they have to do something that is on the line outside the home. Our internet lines are all under-ground now, a lot more protected.
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@rebelann (111223)
• El Paso, Texas
18 Sep 18
My electric line is underground but not the cable lines
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@rebelann (111223)
• El Paso, Texas
19 Sep 18
So there are no telephone poles there @LadyDuck ?
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@LadyDuck (458458)
• Switzerland
18 Sep 18
@rebelann Everything is underground here, there are no more aerial cables.
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@Tampa_girl7 (49055)
• United States
20 Sep 18
That is just weird of them.
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@rebelann (111223)
• El Paso, Texas
20 Sep 18
I thought so too. Next time I'll call the electric company to find out what they can tell me .... hopefully this will never happen again.
@just4him (306523)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
19 Sep 18
That's definitely unreasonable. They should be aware of a loss in their service when the lines are down, and you shouldn't need to sign for the work order. It should be something they need to do as part of maintaining service for their customers.
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@rebelann (111223)
• El Paso, Texas
20 Sep 18
I agree with you.
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• United States
18 Sep 18
could be worse.could be cox cable.i've never seen such a collection of untrained dipsh*ts..
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@rebelann (111223)
• El Paso, Texas
19 Sep 18
That's gotta be scary, the kid that fixed the cable on Sunday nite told me he had never known much about electric cables and such before they trained him .... that sounds kinda scary to me too, shouldn't linemen have some kind of technical training before playing with cables and such?
@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
17 Sep 18
Not much customer service nowadays.
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@rebelann (111223)
• El Paso, Texas
18 Sep 18
Yeah, it is getting worse. I would have thought they would be more concerned with safety but that too is declining.
@jstory07 (134395)
• Roseburg, Oregon
17 Sep 18
The whole thing makes no sense at all.
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@rebelann (111223)
• El Paso, Texas
17 Sep 18
I wanted to yell at the service gal last night but I restrained myself. I just can't believe how stupid Spectrum is.
@JudyEv (325923)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Sep 18
That isn't at all responsible on their behalf. Surely it was dangerous it leave it hanging low for so long. And I can understand why you wanted to show off Flynn. He is lovely.
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@rebelann (111223)
• El Paso, Texas
17 Sep 18
I agree, he is a handsome boy. Cable companies seem to think they don't have to do anything responsibly anymore. They seem to be getting way too big for their britches
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