The Old In and Out

06/29/08 12:30 PM | Up Chucks

Well there was one between, but hopefully this is my last Comcast barrage. Scott, the fabled Sunday Cable Tech Guy got here at about noon and just now left. Of all the cable gurus before, he is the first to ask to see my hardware. I was a little embarrassed to say the least. We went out into the garage I strung some lights for more than just mood and he climbed my latter to new heights. Once he was half way in the attic he could get his hands on my connectors. That is when I left him to his own devices and took a couple of pictures. The sky was

getting a threatening look again and I was hoping that a "look what happens to Digital Cable when it rains at the World HQ" was in order.
The signal splitters in the attic are as old as the cable and the house, approximately 17 years old to be exact. He replaced them and hopefully solved our Digital Cable problems. Ultimately I would like to replace the cables themselves with the newer higher capacity/lower resistance RG 6 cable that is used in construction these days. Through the access panel and into another world. Note the hand painted BMW Roundel that I put on the wall of my garage this spring, isn't it lovely?
digital artifact2

Storm created Technical Difficulties, Chuck Pace © 2008
As if on cue, while Scott was here there came a freakish pop-up rain storm and what he thought was job over done-with and gone became lock-up and image scramble. The above image is what prompted him to replace more splitters and (hopefully) run down my viewing problems. Now I have to finish and upload this to the www and get back to the TV where we were watching the Spiderwick Chronicles on DVD since we didn't know how the cable visit might turn out.
Chuck Out!
Chuck Pace ©2008