Ugh… what a mess. I feel like choking a child and then ripping its head off (figuratively, of course). But this shows just how unbelievably frustrated and pissed I am at both my provider, and my mother.
Broken promises, and missing channels (Sirius XM and VH1 Classic) are just some of the problems I’m facing with this. And at the end, my parents are getting DISH back, and I’m going to be the only one getting Spectrum TV (this Friday).
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Started off him coming an hour earlier than expected (10 minutes before I typically wake up). Didn’t have much time to get ready, before he was already in my room.
And before he got to work, I said again that I didn’t want a new phone line. And thankfully he was able to work with this.
Then he looks at my cable modem and router and asks if I’ve been having any problems with it. Other than the router maybe possibly interfering with my Bluetooth 4.0 adapter (trying to play VRChat with my controller wirelessly).. but that’s for a later blog post. Overall, no issues with disconnects. And because of that, he didn’t have to replace them (for me to get the speed upgrade). Yay for that.
As for TV, he used the existing cable lines DISH made, to avoid having to make any more holes in the walls. And it worked great.
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But the fireworks happened after the guy had left. I felt blamed (by my mother) for things I couldn’t prevent (with the missing channels I mentioned at the start of this post). Maybe the person was looking at ‘MTV Classic’ by mistake! How is this my fault?!
My father on the other hand, seemed willing to deal with this. But my mother.. me and her rarely get along. It’s like a sibling dispute, with my father caught in the middle of it.
And no matter how many times I try to defend myself (even saying “I’m SORRY, alright?!”).. seemed to work. Because when my mother feels she got ripped off, she lets the entire neighborhood know.
But, am I happy (at least)? .. Yes and No. Neutral.
Yes;
-Year long holiday music channel.
-DVR recordings are saved to a secure cloud server on my account (that’s located at the branch), so they won’t be lost if I have to swap the box.
-Not having a dish, I’ll be able to stay tuned to my local channels during severe weather events (without the signal going out due to very heavy rain).
-All the channels I usually watch are part of the basic packages, which keep costs down (a bit).
No;
-Local channels, like WHAS 11, aren’t Channel 11. It’s Channel 4 with Spectrum TV. Odd…
-For some channels, I have to increase the volume somewhat higher than I remember (just to hear at a nominal level). I don’t get why.
Neutral;
-The DVR’s controls feel clunky (having too many rewind/fast forward speeds), but I’m starting to get used to them.
-The Weather Channel actually shows the “Local on the 8’s”.. however, it seems to only show Kentucky’s temps (instead of both Kentucky and Indiana).
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This eventually lead mother to try and get DISH back (just for them), and I would keep Spectrum TV (and my internet access). Apparently, this is a thing. Something that wasn’t possible before. So they’ll have their channels and familiar remotes back, and save money by not having me attached to their plan.
And though my bill is going to be $25.38 more (than what I’m paying currently) for the first year, she’ll even help me by paying a quarter of the WiFi access that they use. They don’t have to, but they offer to.
But, once this is done… finally things can start to calm down, and I can get back to focusing on saving money for a new PSU, and finally WMR. ..Or, is it really worth it?