Get a cable modem, go to jail (1999)
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Get a cable modem, go to jail (1999)
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Re: Get a cable modem, go to jail (1999)
#2Even though this happened 25 years ago (sidenote, good God I'm getting old) it still made my blood boil. Makes you wonder how many people who weren't as proactive weren't as fortunate as to have the bogus charges dismissed.
Re: Get a cable modem, go to jail (1999)
#3I feel like if something this dumb happened now, there'd be no way to get it resolved that quickly, and without hiring a lawyer. Getting Comcast lawyers to respond to you at all is the one bit in particular I can't picture happening.
Re: Get a cable modem, go to jail (1999)
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Re: Get a cable modem, go to jail (1999)
#5Anyone have a link to the 'Multichannel News' article? The link is dead and archive.org doesn't have a snapshot.
Edit: I found it https://www.nexttv.com/news/get-cable-modem-go-jail-142544
Re: Get a cable modem, go to jail (1999)
#6Comcast/Xfinity is a criminal organization. Hasn't changed. Don't give the your money.
When's the last time an honest, reputable business changed its name? I've seen name changes in restaurants, social networks, apartment buildings, duct cleaning scammers, and it's never for a good reason.
Re: Get a cable modem, go to jail (1999)
#7While Comcast should get plenty of blame here, it's also true that it's flat out dereliction of duty for a prosecutor to file a case based on nothing but an uninvestigated complaint from some random corporation.
At least Comcast made some attempt to fix it... and also got stonewalled by the State's Attorney's office.
Re: Get a cable modem, go to jail (1999)
#8This is what life is like on the bleeding edge. In 1999 he was one of the first to "cut the cord" and it was a situation that Comcast was not yet ready to understand.
Re: Get a cable modem, go to jail (1999)
#9Comcast/Xfinity is a criminal organization. Hasn't changed. Don't give the your money. When's the last time an honest, reputable business changed its name? I've seen name changes in restaurants, social networks, apartment buildings, duct cleaning scammers, and it's never for a good reason.
The problem is that it's often the only choice. ISPs often have a monopoly over their territory.
Re: Get a cable modem, go to jail (1999)
#10This is what life is like on the bleeding edge. In 1999 he was one of the first to "cut the cord" and it was a situation that Comcast was not yet ready to understand.
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