After getting sick of my apartment complex's maintenance staff not calling me back, and my Cable Internet provider not knowing jack shit about anything, I decided to break down and call the Great White Satan (Verizon Media), my Satellite TV provider. After speaking to them, things became a bit clearer. I was disconnected because my bill was a few days late. My bill is ALWAYS a few days late. None the less, okay, fine I deserve it. I asked if I owed them any money and she said "no, just the receiver". I asked her how much it would cost to reconnect and she said "$50." While $50 is moderately reasonable to charge to send a serviceman out to reconnect me, for the short amount of time I am going to be here, I decided it wasn't worth my money, and told her thank you, and that I would bring the receiver to the leasing office tomorrow. Then I called BroadBand Now, knowing a little more about the situation, and hoping this could get my Internet service restored. They told me that without cable TV service, you CAN'T have Cable Internet service. So the crap they feed you on the TV commercials about not having to have "two phone lines" is bullshit, because you have to buy Cable TV instead. Why they couldn't tell me my circuit was down on one of the 8,000,000 other calls I made to them, I don't know. But… oh well. So I call Verizon back, and have my service reinstated. I pay the $50, and THEN I find out, that they can actually reconnect me from the office, and that the $50 they are charging me is… because they are bastards. Fine. Whatever. THEN I find out that the lady that does the reconnects went home early today, so I have to wait until tomorrow.
UGH!
