I am sure that the dish has as many problems as cable....

I checked them out...the BBB already has them down with an unsatisfactory rating and the activists are going after them to change. But they have a monopoly and are abusing their power. Going after them in court is not so easy...unless you have your own personal team of 50 lawyers and a few million bucks to spend.

and, respectfully, please keep the "stop bitching" comments to a minimum...
I've fought to stop pollution in NJ, had to fight death threats in order to get that accomplished...I don't need anyone's advice on being "tough"
unfortunately, I am plenty. I say unfortunately, because there are more important things in life than being able to drive a nail through your hand without pain. That kind of stuff I can do from my martial arts training. But it still doesn't help me much...

Just has made me more of a schmuck...

Is the dish that much better?

more reliable?

I would switch to the dish in a second, except I thought, it would just be replacing one bad system with another.

Hi Everyone.

Kind of agitated tonight. We had some workmen out to fix the cable TV.

There has been an ongoing problem with them for over two years.

The workmen, you know, are a bunch of frat boys....and always trying to get over on the customers, make fun of them behind their back, etc.

This time I caught one of them. He purposefully pulled the switch to the show at some kind of crucial moment in the plot.

I heard him laughing about it with his buddy.

I have heard some laughter in the background before. And, you know, I think that the reason that we have these continual problems with the company is because of a willful refusal to fix the problem. Whether it is that they don't want to spend any money, or whatever, I think they are playing all sorts of games with us.

Now, you have to understand, every couple of months we spend about 10 hours on the phone with them, trying to resolve the problems. We have now contacted the Board of Public Utilities... and things are starting to get more serious.

Now the threats of legal action start and it is a real mess.

I just am at a loss for what to do. It just seems that these people behave with a kind of impunity and will not stop annoying us unless literally put in jail.

But to go to such lengths over TV? At the same time, I already have enough problems and stresses...I don't know how much more I can take.

These people are like Lucy and Charlie Brown, forever promising to let the football sit and forever refusing to do so. I just want some peace. And all I get is a battle of wills.

Well, thanks for listening,

Jon