I've heard much the same thing, so I was pleasantly surprised about their problem solving approach.
w8lvn On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 6:35 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > You don't want to hear all the stories I have about Xfinity. They have > got to be the sorriest outfit going. They are constantly working issues > during the daytime. Annually they raise your invoice by $20 and claim they > are only passing along fees. Oh, and no refunds for all the interrupted > service. > > I have an idea. Why not have your technicians work between Midnight and > 6:00 AM. Then you wouldn't bother anyone. Oh, no, can't do that. That > makes too much sense. Plus the techs are probably Union and you would have > to pay them quadruple time and a half. > > Pat - KZ5J > > -----Original Message----- > From: Topband <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Bill Lederer via Topband > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2026 5:10 PM > To: Rob Atkinson <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Topband: 5KW amp squibble > > What you say here is true: > > "Almost no one gets OTA TV. " > > But I did have a very odd experience with Xfinity when I was running FT-8 > on 17 meters. Two guys came to the door and told me they were from Xfinity > and were trying to troubleshoot a problem they were having with 18 mhz. I > said, yes, I happen to be transmitting. Let me run it, and I'll bring my > kx2 with no antenna down to see if it correlates with their display that > was showing interference. I asked them how they found me and they noted > that they looked up hams in the village, likely on the FCC site and I was > the only one with antennas. (Admittedly only dipoles) > > Normally this is a not-fun story, but they knew it was their problem and > wanted to track it down. It was kind of a reverse foxhunt for them--trying > to find the point of ingress of the signal. Apparently that frequency is > on one of their channels over the cable. > > They came back three or four times, solving one problem or another in > their network. They finally fixed it. Or at least I think they did, as I > haven't spent any time since then on FT8, and very little on that band. > > Usually these stories are full of accusations, but they up front admitted > that it was their leak that led to service degradation in the neighborhood. > > And that is the only TVI (actually CATVI) since the 60s when TVs were > pretty sensitive, and it was only in our house. > > w8lvn > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 6:38 AM Rob Atkinson via Topband < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >every piece of consumer equipment in your home and the homes of your > > neighbors would be turning flips when you transmitted, > > > > That's not really as big of a problem now compared to 10 or 20 years > > ago. Almost no one gets OTA TV. Most people are on cell phones, or > > VOIP via shielded cable. People don't listen to music with stereos > > and speakers now except for old farts like me. Most people use ear > > buds and spotify. They watch TV streams over internet. Since almost > > everything now is digital, fiber optic, bluetooth, wifi, you can run > > QRO on medium wave and HF and not worry about a torch carrying mob at > > your door. It's really a good time to be a ham as far as that's > > concerned. > > > > 73 > > > > Rob > > K5UJ > > > > _________________ > > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > > Reflector > > > > > -- > --w8lvn-- > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > > -- --w8lvn-- _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
