Comcast is the Debill

after sucking me into buying their crummy cable tv service, i thought i was done being tricked by the debill, but NOOOOOOOO. they are quite sneaky.

friday night, this guy in my oracle class leans over to me.

him: 'hey buddy'

me : 'yeah?'

him: 'you're in my economics class, right?'

me : 'me? umm, i guess so...why?'

him: 'what was the homework for tomorrow?'

me : 'tomorrow? i don't think we have homework tomorrow'

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       'i think we had something due the 18th...HERE it is.

       oh no, ur right. we have that 50-word essay due tomorrow'

him: 'thanks'

me : [nodding head]'heh heh...yeah. ur umm welcome.'

no problem. class is over at 10:15p. i'll be home by 10:30p. i can take a shower and get right on that essay. shouldn't take more than 15-20 mins.

i get home at 10:35p. no internet! what is going on? the one time in my life i NEED the internet, and i can't get to it. check this, check that. aaaaaaaaagh!

it's the router. it must be the router. disconnect the router. plug right into the cable modem. no internet!

call customer service. there's the bill right on your desk. it says '24 hours, 7 days a week'. just give them a call. menu option 2, menu option 3, option 2, option 4, wait a bit: we're sorry. we are unable to connect your call at this time. please try back later. click.

aaaaaaaagh. call back...same result. call back choosing different options...same result. call back choosing NO options. surely they help people with rotary phones...same result. aaaaaaagh!

don't panic. i'll get to sleep now (12:30p). i'll get up at 5:30a and zip over to the school. they must have the labs open early, and i can finish the paper before class at 7:30a.

well, at 5:45a, i tried customer service one more time. i got thru! yeah, we had most of new jersey out last night. our queue was full and we couldn't handle all the calls. reset this. reset that. i can get on the internet! paper finished by 6:30a.

hooked router back up...doesn't work. checked this. checked that. reset here and there. aaaaaaaaagh! went to school. i'll mess with it tomorrow after the meeting.

well, the debill seems to be tightening up their network a bit. spoofing the ip wasn't enough. after messing around for another half hour, i fixed it. had to spoof a bit more than the ip.

you haven't won THIS time, debill. i'll be looking out for you. BR-RING IT!