Bah, humbug...

mark · 08-12-2007

I called my cable company (Comcast) yesterday to see if I could get TNT for the PGA Championship coverage this weekend. I was told that if I had one of their cable boxes, they could make the change from the CO - but, since I don't, a technician would have to come out - and Tuesday was the earliest time they had.

I declined.

Honest to Pete, what difference does it make that I don't have a box?

erthian · 08-13-2007

The cable boxes are controlled through a networked interface, thus it is accessible from their office. With out that, they have to manually visit and enable it from the outside box. Not sure how Comcast does it, but they will probably just have to give you a cable box.

08-12-2007	#1 (permalink)
mark Interested participant Join Date: May 2007 Location: Woodstock, GA, USA Posts: 20	Bah, humbug... I called my cable company (Comcast) yesterday to see if I could get TNT for the PGA Championship coverage this weekend. I was told that if I had one of their cable boxes, they could make the change from the CO - but, since I don't, a technician would have to come out - and Tuesday was the earliest time they had. I declined. Honest to Pete, what difference does it make that I don't have a box?
	"...I'm a user, not a programmer..."

08-13-2007	#2 (permalink)
erthian Commentator Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 35	Re: Bah, humbug... The cable boxes are controlled through a networked interface, thus it is accessible from their office. With out that, they have to manually visit and enable it from the outside box. Not sure how Comcast does it, but they will probably just have to give you a cable box.
erthian Commentator Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 35	"The future has already arrived. It's just not evenly distributed yet." - William Gibson