Condo Snafus 3 & 5: Cable found, Net installed

[bolson]

I went with the only option available and got Comcast yesterday morning, which after a call to support this morning is working. I had mentioned earlier that I have no cable outlets, but while the cable guy was here installing we found them. In an unorthodoxed move, the recent renovation took the previous cables hanging out through the wall and cut them off flush with the wall and painted over the stubs. I think they must have been renovating for appearance more than functionality, and thereby lost significant functionality. Bad move, guys. Hmpf.

Comments

[catya.livejournal.com]

Ugh! Can you get enough of the cable out of the wall now to be useful?

[soong.livejournal.com]

Cable guy wound up stringing a new cable along the outside and coming in through the wall exactly where I want it, which is pretty much a win.

[truthspeaker.livejournal.com]

Something similar happened in my apartment. When they opened up the walls, they found that the internal cables had been cut, spliced, split, and patched so many times that I was getting significant signal loss.

Yay! Net & cables!

[dancewithmemore.livejournal.com]

It sounds like your Net installation experience was much better than mine. Silly developers for hiding the cables, though. What were they thinking?!?

How much were your hands shaking with Internet access at home for so long?

Moving & getting 'net

[dancewithmemore.livejournal.com]

This xkcd (http://xkcd.com/466/) reminded me of your situation.