SENJ
join:2003-12-04
Egg Harbor City, NJ | Reminds me of a few years ago... Back in 2003 I had the same problem, with Comcast. I outlined the whole issue in my first post to the boards. »Came out, computer was wrong.. Install costs $7k!
I wasn't going to pay nearly 7,000 for an install so I suffered with dialup for another year. I did try calling the township and the local Comcast office directly, but that only brought up another issue… the crossing of township lines. My nearest cable drop (4 poles away) is in another township, which technically would make it illegal to run the lines down. I was told to get a line from my township a line would have to come from a mile though the pinelands (a federally protected area of woods and wetlands)…. so that wasn’t going to happen. Finally in April 2005 Verizon expanded the reach from the Egg Harbor City co, which allowed me to get DSL. I now have 1.5/384, while it isn't what Comcast can offer it beats dialup any day. Maybe in the future I'll attempt Comcast again, or I'll just wait for Fios (when and if) it gets here. Though I have a feeling I may come across the same issue with either crossing the township line, or them only wanting to bring it down to the same distance as Comcast. |
