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It's Friday morning and I'm sitting at home waiting for Oceanic Time-Warner to come see why my sound is no good on channel 52, which carries the County Council meetings.

I switched from Dish Network to Oceanic about a year ago to get the Council meetings but it's been a constant disappointment. And I'm just talking about the sound quality. Unlistenable. My family's been after me to switch back to the dish because it's a better product overall. But recently I complained about the sound here and several people said they don't have that problem. Aaron Stene recommended contacting Oceanic so I did. Probably should have done it a long time ago. But here's probably why I didn't.

It's 11:28 and the guy still hasn't called or come. They gave me the 8 a.m. to noon window. At 10 I called and confirmed the appointment. The computer knew.  Now the window's closing fast. I can't use the phone for fear of missing the cable guy's call, and if he doesn't get here soon it'll likely be after noon when I finally get out of the house. If he's not here by noon I'll have to go, pretty much convinced we're going back to dish.

Update on Friday, November 30, 2007 at 02:54PM by Hunter Bishop

No, they didn't make it. I stayed home an extra half hour but no one called or came. Aaron Stene is right about the $20 credit, too. I just got off the phone with Oceanic (ignore the choices and click '0' to get a live person) and was offered the credit on my bill without asking. They also wanted me to schedule another date. I felt like Charlie Brown asking Lucy to hold the football for me again. Those cable folks are a lot of laughs. I suggested it be a Saturday next time. But no Saturdays are available. Someone will call when a Saturday opens up and that's a promise. Now how much do I really want Pete Hoffmann and friends in my home before I go crawling back to Dish Network to get the family off my back?