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Nightfall
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This is a sad story

My grandmother was in the same boat back in the day when she wanted just television cable. She lived in a farming community and got her TV over the air with an antenna on the roof of the house. When cable TV started popping up down the road from her, she inquired about getting it. The cable company's response?

"You are too far away to get access. The cable run ends about 500 feet from your house."

The cost to extend the run? Tens of thousands of dollars in labor and material (probably labor).

This case is eerily similar except that in this case, this poor guy had service and they just stripped it from him which is pretty bad.
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DarkLogix

join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX

Re: This is a sad story

wow just wow

they're his only choice for "good" internet and they might be able to get away with charging an arm and a leg or more but they wouldn't even deal

Nightfall
My Goal Is To Deny Yours
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join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI
·Site5.com
·AT&T Midwest
·Comcast

Re: This is a sad story

said by DarkLogix See Profile :

wow just wow

they're his only choice for "good" internet and they might be able to get away with charging an arm and a leg or more but they wouldn't even deal
We tried to bargain when it came to my grandmother and getting cable TV. They would budge if we paid $10,000. Eventually, the run came down the street, but the point is that it was a shame it worked out that way.
DarkLogix

join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX

Re: This is a sad story

I'd say if she paid the 10K that they should pay her a fee if anyone else uses that drop
mousky

join:2004-02-12
Windsor, ON

Re: This is a sad story

Municipalities do that when a developer wants to extend services (sewer, water, etc) to a development in an area that will have services in the near-future. We call them "Oversizing charges" and whenever someone else connects to the service, the developer or owner gets a rebate or credit.
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