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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jun 26

    I've come to the conclusion that Comcast, a giant corporation worth $190B, simply doesn't have the capability to dig a simple ditch.

    11:33 AM - 26 Jun 2018
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      2. Joe Schneider‏ @joe_in_nyc Jun 26
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Meanwhile, Verizon, a $204B corporation must return to the same NYC street corner for two days every two weeks to make fixes because they apparently just can't get it right.

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jun 26
        Replying to @joe_in_nyc

        This is how the American empire will collapse. In our failed ditches.

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      2. Jim White‏ @JimWhiteGNV Jun 26
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Bury some metadata there, and the boulders will fly!

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jun 26
        Replying to @JimWhiteGNV

        Oh! Brilliant plan, actually! TBH one of the problems is they don't keep records. They know better than accumulate metadata, I guess.

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      2. Justin‏ @706b30 Jun 26
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Had a storm knock down some branches, taking down the cable line. Took 15+ phone calls and almost 2 weeks before they finally sent someone out to do a 5 minute job to reattach the line...

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jun 26
        Replying to @706b30

        This has been going on 13 months.

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      4. Justin‏ @706b30 Jun 26
        Replying to @emptywheel

        "Comcast you're the worst!" Comcast: "Hold my beer."

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      2. Richard Lawler‏Verified account @rjcc Jun 26
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Nope. They contract that work out, it good on through about twenty players to someone who does dig ditches but by the time it gets there no one remembers where the ditch is supposed to go and the issue is marked closed.

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jun 26
        Replying to @rjcc

        That's precisely what happened. Like 4 times.

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      4. Richard Lawler‏Verified account @rjcc Jun 26
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Ugh, good/infuriating to know some things stay consistent.

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      2. ComcastCares‏Verified account @comcastcares Jun 26
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Hi. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to help with trouble. I’ll provide you with updates via our DM conversation. -NC

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      3. Eric Heggie‏ @EricHeggie Jun 26
        Replying to @comcastcares @emptywheel

        LOL

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      1. Janet Patti Muller‏ @runPattirun Jun 26
        Replying to @emptywheel

        And, why Is it a shock when one of the techs - of any provider - knows what they are doing & get something resolved quickly? WHY???

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      1. (Politically) Mad Scientist‏ @JBacTee Jun 26
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        Why would they know how to dig a ditch when their pockets are so deep?

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      1. quizquest‏ @quizquest Jun 26
        Replying to @emptywheel

        This is totally borne out by various incidents in my neighborhood, whereby they tried to, and severed other utility lines.

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      1. O-scare-on  ☕  🧐 Not at Derby‏ @oscaron Jun 26
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        Comcast infrastructure is designed for 'money in'. Not paltry physical details

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      1. BeltLine Squatter‏ @CheetoMonger Jun 26
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        Contractors can't hit cables of they're out in the openpic.twitter.com/w3FsYGNgOf

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      1. Barb Ricker‏ @RickerBarb Jun 26
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I totally agree, in fact, they make you pay them to dig the ditch, lay some cheap cable then charge you 10 times what it costs to keeping charging you each month. This company needs to be broken up.

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      1. David Ashford‏ @kaptainkremen Jun 26
        Replying to @emptywheel

        This is America, allegedly a capitalist country. In my area, I have precisely 2 ISP's: Comcast & slow as molasses ATT. My brother's village in Galway, Ireland has 4 providers. My dad, in the UK has 7 to choose from. They cannot believe what I have to pay for internet access.

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      1. liska langdon‏ @liskaaz Jun 26
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        You have to show them where it needs to go..

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