  RickPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT | Imagine... Getting up. Going to work today. A day that's supposed to be like any other day. And on a moments notice you're called upon to do something much bigger. To save a persons life while
risking your own in the process. And, without a moments hesitation, you do it. There are a lot of people in this world that wouldn't do that. But there are two that did.
And an 88 year old woman alive today because of it.
I'd say that Comcast is lucky to have them around. As is the community they work in.
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join:2007-03-10
Bon Aqua, TN
kudos:1 Reviews:
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| Re: Imagine... said by jc100:And now they are probably jobless and fired for wasting company time while being on call. Lol, that what I was thinking.. Company's screw up a lot these days.. Unless they see $$ on other actions. | |
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| | | | | Re: Imagine... Well, unless these techs are willing to star in a Comcast commercial portraying the company as first responders, an isp, and all about grandious, then I'd say they are probably waiting in a long line.. Probably 600,000 long called unemployment. | |
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| | | This story has almost brought tears to my eyes  Imagine that. I had lost all faith in Comcast but these 2 guys who saved the man have shown me that Comcast cares. Its not everyday that you hear of people helping people out. We live in sad times but stories like this what makes America great. | |
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| |  SLDPremium
join:2002-04-17
San Francisco, CA
1 edit | Re: Imagine... But you must be bummed that they didn't find grandpa using P2P and have him arrested. | |
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| | | Hell, knowing Comcast's record, they probably started the fire in the first place. | |
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| | And if comcast fires / reprimands And if comcast fires / reprimands the techs like other cables have then the full community should drop comcast out spite. | |
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| cacoPremium
join:2005-03-10
Whittier, AK | Re: And if comcast fires / reprimands When have you ever heard of that happening? | |
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| Now, if telcos/cable trained techs in First-response or EMT, then kudos.
I'm just surprised "any" tech takes the initiative to do something beyond their ability. When I read this, I am happy and sad (as you know there are others that will make that good news disappear quite fast...sleeping on the job, stealing, stalking, inappropriate behavior, soliciting, and then there are the sue-happy ones...).
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| |  PoloDudePremium,VIP
join:2006-03-29
Northport, NY
kudos:2 | Re: And if comcast fires / reprimands All Verizon techs go thru Red Cross first aid/CPR class. | |
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| | |  spgGrrrr
join:2001-10-31
NOT Texas! | Re: And if comcast fires / reprimands As do techs from AT&T. | |
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| | | | El GaupoPremium
join:2006-07-15
Buckhorn, NM | not true Here in Illinois we haven;t had ant traing in over 20 years,but yes at one time in history we were | |
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| | | | said by cableties:I'm just surprised "any" tech takes the initiative to do something beyond their ability. I have to agree with this statement.
Too many people don't want to get involved because of the chance they might get sued. Seen it happen many times when someone attempts to help someone else out only to get sued later or get hurt by the person they are trying to help. Even if the lawsuit is thrown out, you still have legal fees to pay.
"No good deed goes unpunished." | |
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| | | | | Re: And if comcast fires / reprimands Better put bud.
No good deed goes unmitigated. | |
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| | | | | | Re: And if comcast fires / reprimands Should that be "No good deed goes unlitigated"? | |
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| | | | | | | Re: And if comcast fires / reprimands hit the M instead of the L.. ah well. You're right. I suck at typing. "Sue Me" =P. | |
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| said by Joe12345678:And if comcast fires / reprimands the techs like other cables have then the full community should drop comcast out spite. I've never heard of a Comcast or any other cable/telco company firing someone for doing something like this. | |
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 ff1324Everybody Goes HomePremium
join:2002-08-24
On Four Day | Service? I wonder if Comcast will bill the folks full cost for their cable boxes as well as overtime for the techs to rescue the woman?
Just Kiddin....I'll be sure to raise a glass to those fellas for making my job a little easier.
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| | | Re: Service? no thats ATT that does that with the wild fires out in Cali. | |
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| | fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | Re: Service? said by hottboiinnc:no thats ATT that does that with the wild fires out in Cali. To be fair, comcast has done the same thing, however, they did later, after public pressure, back down from it.
I still do believe, however, that customers are responsible to insure their property and anything they have taken responsibility for - natural disaster or not. If they insured their homes or rentals and something happens, should they only cover their own property and not the stuff they have signed responsibility for? .. or just get paid on their own?
I'm on the fence if charging a customer for damaged equipment is proper or not.. but if you own the home, and have insurance, (or renters insurance) and even in disaster, I think you should be responsible to pay the provider back. I was always raised that you take care of others before you take care of yourself.. ie: If I had property that belonged to someone else, I take care of them before I take care of my own. | |
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| | | | | Re: Service? said by fiberguy:I'm on the fence if charging a customer for damaged equipment is proper or not.. but if you own the home, and have insurance, (or renters insurance) and even in disaster, I think you should be responsible to pay the provider back. I was always raised that you take care of others before you take care of yourself.. ie: If I had property that belonged to someone else, I take care of them before I take care of my own. While I agree they should pay for the equipment, the issue was ATT and Dish didn't want to wait for the money from insurance. Here is the article from DSLReports back on October 26th, 2007.
»AT&T Tells Us WildFire Couple Won't Pay
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Earlier today we reported that a California couple, left homeless by the Southern California wildfires, called AT&T to cancel their bundled satellite TV and phone service, and were told they'd be charged $300 for failing to save their Dish Network receiver. They also weren't allowed to defer the bill until they got insurance coverage.
I have no problem with paying a cable or dish service for their equipment when it is destroyed by fire but give it time for insurance to kick in. | |
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 GeekJediRF is Good For YouPremium
join:2001-06-21
Mukwonago, WI
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| Wow. Sure, Karl could print a simple unbiased piece congratulating the Comcast Techs for saving the woman, but instead he still manages to find a way to blast Comcast in the process.
Way to be objective, big guy!
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| fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | Re: Wow. Yea.. becuase while he went out of his way to perform the final call of the 12 days of Comcast mess-ups, he must have only been on the "second day of Comcast good deeds"... he forgot about the drowning save, the I-35 bridge efforts, and several other times Comcast has been in the news too.
Karl, sometimes it's okay to let go of the bullshit and simply focus on something good. Your need to dig up all the dirt in order to praise the good deed really does show major bias.
.. own up. | |
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| | | Truth, Fuffer. Thank you.
Biased 'reporter' is biased.
'Boy Trapped in Refrigerator Eats Own Foot' is comparable.
Good job, Karl. Thanks for adding to the cynicism of the times. | |
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Rob2647
join:2008-08-12
Rochester, MI | Techs Saving lives today, laid off tomorrow.  | |
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 RockyBBPremium
join:2005-01-31
Steamboat Springs, CO | Wait until she gets the bill! How much is an 88-year-old life worth? | |
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| | hmm Maybe she wanted to die? Comcast techs end up doing bad things then helping. | |
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cobo6
join:2002-02-18
Willingboro, NJ | comcast I day before i get service from comcast (leaving Verizon) i read this article and see the word murder. What up with that!
It is good that someone was able to save people from a burning building, even if it is a comcast tech | |
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| | Nice Many utility companies do provide some training in basic life saving for their outside plant staff. Back in the Bell System days the company even had an annual award (Vail?) for such actions. Even if you feel the companies themselves are pure evil, there are still plenty of decent, hard working, average folks who work for them and do the right thing in an emergency. Nice to see this acknowledged, even if it was in a backhanded way. | |
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bac522
join:2003-08-04
Manchester, NH | This is news??? Oh give me a break...anyone would have done the same thing. Clearly this is nothing more the Comcast marketing groveling for any positive press that they can get! | |
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| fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | Re: This is news??? said by bac522:Oh give me a break...anyone would have done the same thing. Clearly this is nothing more the Comcast marketing groveling for any positive press that they can get! ...becuase you say so I guess.
You don't think the local press that showed up there to cover the story just might have something to do with it, don't you?
.. of course not. What next? .. you going to say that Comcast started the fire at the scheduled job and told the tech to run into the burning building?
Pardon me while I got put on my tall rubber boots.
Its easy to say things like "clearly this is nothing more than Comcast marketing.." (snip) so if it's so clear, please point to the overwhelming evidence that makes it so. | |
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|  JamesonPremium
join:2004-05-28
Fallbrook, CA
kudos:1 | said by bac522:Oh give me a break...anyone would have done the same thing. Clearly this is nothing more the Comcast marketing groveling for any positive press that they can get! get out of here | |
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| | spgGrrrr
join:2001-10-31
NOT Texas! | Re: This is news??? Agreed. It doesn't matter if it's a cable guy or telephone man that figures out how to feed the world forever; someone would bitch about no mustard.
Congrats and much gratitude to those guys who did the right thing.
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| Re: Gas meter said by firehawk618:Comcast techs probably drilled into a gas meter and started the fire.... That is a possibility, comcast tech are known for clumsy drilling... this story is a coverup haha
really bad job...
Just think how bad their public rating would be if the truth is let out instead of this lies perpetrated on the american public... no one would want to bother with comcast due to poor and clumsy installation. | |
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