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Holy Frijoles!
Dec. 18th, 2006 09:14 pmImagine, if you will, calling Comcast to install your cable highspeed broadband. You expect them to send a highly trained and capable technician.
The young man is on your roof, and you're standing on the porch when all of a sudden you hear a bang as loud as an M80. Your Powerbook explodes! Every cord or appliance that was plugged in shot out of the machine. Everything on the desk burned, the floor and the wall.
So, what happened? According to the article in The Consumerist, the Comcast tech plugged a coax cable on the roof into an electrical cable.
Oh. The tech was not injured, and the data from the computer and all three external hard drives was recovered. The article noted, however, that while Comcast admitted liability for the incident and offered compensation, they have been slow to pay.
The young man is on your roof, and you're standing on the porch when all of a sudden you hear a bang as loud as an M80. Your Powerbook explodes! Every cord or appliance that was plugged in shot out of the machine. Everything on the desk burned, the floor and the wall.
So, what happened? According to the article in The Consumerist, the Comcast tech plugged a coax cable on the roof into an electrical cable.
Oh. The tech was not injured, and the data from the computer and all three external hard drives was recovered. The article noted, however, that while Comcast admitted liability for the incident and offered compensation, they have been slow to pay.
