Tuesday, March 19, 2013

brighthouse does it again

ever since the move, just like the last time we moved a few years ago, brighthouse internet has been intermittent anywhere but in the same room as the router... it took several home visits and changing routers and changing the wall connection and changing the external connection to get the service to produce a strong enough signal to actually provide internet through the 1200 square foot space... way too much of my time was taken up by the crappy brighthouse fixes... and here we are again... i've got to set up a service call... the green light on the router that is supposed to stay on steady is constantly blinking... the internet connection is intermittent... and cable is down again...

brighthouse is terrible service... the cable continues to have the same problems over and over and over and over (and those are just some of the records of the complaints) ... we need the internet for our jobs and it will not work consistently... i so do not want to spend hours working for brighthouse for nothing like i did after the last move and other times... we shall see if the compensation for my time, inconvenience, and frustration is worth my time or if i finally give up on brighthouse and try a different cable and internet service...

brighthouse roadrunner broadband turbo internet (updated 3/18/13, trending downward):
working near perfectly
working adequately
not working properly
not working at all
5% of the time
5% of the time
85% of the time
5% of the time
no problems
slow downs
intermittent connection, reboot
requires a call to tech support or repair visit


brighthouse digital hd cable tv (table updated 3/18/13, still trending downward):
working perfectly
working adequately
not working properly
not working at all
0% of the time

0% of the time

85% of the time

15% of the time

no problems

delays, box/channels reset occasionally, software does not adjust aspect ratio and picture size automatically
sound does not go on at start, box resets/blinks every 60 seconds, aspect ratio and picture size are off box/channel resets every 10-15 seconds or other issue requires reboot, call to tech support, or visit

Saturday, March 2, 2013

late night commercials

commercials, on the whole, are pandering to idiots but the late night commercials are so annoying because they are pumped out at about twice the volume or more of the shows they interrupt... if the companies only knew how much that turns me off to their products, they would wise up and stop forcing me to press the volume down or mute button every time... and the stations themselves blare commercials for their own shows just as annoyingly...

the bad taste lingers in the mind...