Self entitled meaningless rant.

[Brian37]

Ok, I am a news junkie, but about an hour ago my cable TV started cutting in and out not to the point of no picture, but choppy and jumping pixels. On top of that my internet started slowing down at the same time. My internet is fine right now, but something has gone wrong. I think it is my neighborhood because my just asked my neighbor if they had internet and they said no. I think it is directly related to the pylon outside my house next to the street. 

Now it is fucking really weird because everything is fine now. I don't want to call the cable company back because everything seems fine now, only to have it crap out again. And just as I typed this last sentence, it chopped out very slightly again. 

I just don't want to be this guy trying to tell everyone the frog really does sing. 

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Funny new word in their customer service language was "escalation", and I took that to mean that if they couldn't talk you through a technical problem with your end in the house they'd send a unit out to check the line itself. Still a funny word, "escalation" like there was a war about to start.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Have you tried sacrificing a chicken to the ghost of Bill Gates?

[Brian37]

Have you tried sacrificing a chicken to the ghost of Bill Gates?

He's not dead yet and I have no desire to murder anyone for that matter.

[Brian37]

DAMN IT, cable and internet went out AGAIN, for about 5 minutes, then came back on. I swear when the tech comes over, he is going to say, "Yea right Brian, you have a singing frog." LOL........

[Angrboda]

I've been less than impressed with Playstation VUE streaming television service. Their 'free' DVR service suffers from stuttering and buffering so badly it's almost useless, but it's the best way to watch replays of NFL games without hoarking over a wad of cash for NFL Game Pass. I'm subscribed to Playstation VUE because they offer more channels that I need during football season, but after that's over, I'm going back to Sling TV. They're half the price without DVR, and I can add DVR service for $5 a month. I'm not sure, but next season I may abandon this cord cutting and go back to cable television. I originally cut the cord because Comcast removed the NFL Network from the subscriber tier that I belonged to (and could afford). Since then, they've offered it as a part of their $10 a month sports package. So, once again, they fucked me in the ass just for a few pennies more. Cable with the NFL Network and DVR may be about $20 more a month, but it beats the shit out of the crappy streaming I'm getting out of Sony's Playstation VUE when it comes to shows that I put on the DVR service.