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Old 12-06-2008, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Riverwild View Post
These are the same people who told me the new DTV box wouldn't work because the co-ax cable turned a corner! They honest to pete tried to tell me that my co-ax couldn't have any bends in it at all, not even a 5% bend! I asked them just exactly how do they get ALL the thousands of cables in households all over the country that use DTV to go to the TV in a straight line from the satellite dish???

I sent the box back, got 6 months of free Sho/HBO/ Starz, a credit on my bill for three months and a new box for my time and trouble. Sometimes you have to wonder where they find the people who answer the phones.
Okay, I hooked up the box in the bedroom. It worked just fine. I came back and told her so. They are sending a man to my house in a few weeks. He'll either change the tip of the co-axial cable so it will fit into the new box, OR I HAVE NO IDEA what comes next.

I now have the plan where, if anything happens that has anything to do with Direct and they send a guy out, I don't pay anything, so that's what we will do.

I did speak to another cable guy (outside, and he worked for Cablevison). I told him what happened. He said "when the guy comes to your house, it's a simple matter of putting a new tip on the co-axial cable".

That's all I had to know.

So now we wait.

Just wanted to update.

mel
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