After being away this weekend, I came home to a blinking cable modem. Turns out this particular flashing meant a lack of connection.

After a seemingly endless hold on Mediacom‘s tech support line I reached someone who told me to disconnect the coax and connect it to my TV. I don’t pay for cable, so I asked if they were trapping the signal to prevent me from doing this very thing. He said no.

As it turned out, I got nothing on the set, either. He punched into his computer for the next service date and came back with… November 12. I felt shortness of breath, as visions of my shitty, shitty previous provider came to mind. The tech soon found a better date (Wed.)

Fortunately, I was able to get on less than 30 minutes later.

Now I’m left with questions. Does that mean TV would work now, too? Should I get a splitter and try for “free” cable? Would I watch it? How many channels would that be? Hmmm…. (Well, I know what B-don would say.)

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