{"id":40868,"date":"2014-01-24T17:48:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-25T00:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/24\/thanks-xfinity-for-not-much.html"},"modified":"2014-01-24T17:48:19","modified_gmt":"2014-01-25T00:48:19","slug":"thanks-xfinity-for-not-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/24\/thanks-xfinity-for-not-much.html","title":{"rendered":"Thanks, Xfinity! For … not much!"},"content":{"rendered":"
So I got, unsolicited, a big new cable modem from Xfinity this week. \u00a0They're apparently running around replacing all their older units with devices that are convenient all-in-one critters for all their cable services.<\/p>\n

Which, on the one hand, is nice and convenient for them, but on the other hand means that they're sending out units with documentation and references for services you're not actually subscribing to. So we went through a small panic about seeing a modem configured for Xfinity voice, and Margie spend about thirty minutes of telephone menu tree hell trying to get to a live voice who would confirm to us that, no, we weren't being involuntarily subscribed to Xfinity VOIP for our voice service (because, really, we don't want to).<\/p>\n

It also means that we're ended up with a new modem\/wireless router that takes up about four times the volume of the previous cable modem — which, in our current niche for this technology is a huge issue.<\/p>\n

I eventually got it all set up, figured out how to change the SSID and password to something more manageable, and, since it's wireless, we now have extra wireless capacity in the house (since the old wireless router is hooked up to it). Aside from that added capability (not that important), the new modem doesn't really give us much, though it at least helped keep me out of idle-hands trouble on a Friday evening.<\/p>\n

On the somewhat more annoying level, the damn thing keeps blinking on the phone line indicator, trying to activate a service that doesn;t exist. \u00a0I may have to get a piece of tape for that …\u00a0\ufeff<\/p><\/div>\n

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So I got, unsolicited, a big new cable modem from Xfinity this week. \u00a0They're apparently running around replacing all their older units with devices that are convenient all-in-one critters for all their cable services. Which, on the one hand, is nice and convenient for them, but on the other hand means that they're sending out … Continue reading “Thanks, Xfinity! 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