Somebody keeps cutting my cable

Game cameras are fun. I know a guy who is building a bunker in the middle of nowhere and using them for security. Other friends walk across his property in costumes, and one guy marched a troop of Boy Scouts across in masks. It drives him nuts whenever something pops up on his cameras.

NOHOME wrote: Generally this level of pissed-off behavior would not be for some obscure unwarranted slight. I would expect that if I pissed someone off to this extent I would know who it was cause I most likely did it on purpose.

Not when you drive a giant billboard letting everyone know that you work for the cable company. I'd imagine it is someone that is pissed off about their cable being off all the time and did it so he'd "know how it feels". People are jerks.

I haven't had any issues, of any sort, since these were installed.

And yes, people are jerks.

moparman76_69 wrote:

NOHOME wrote: Generally this level of pissed-off behavior would not be for some obscure unwarranted slight. I would expect that if I pissed someone off to this extent I would know who it was cause I most likely did it on purpose.

Not when you drive a giant billboard letting everyone know that you work for the cable company. I'd imagine it is someone that is pissed off about their cable being off all the time and did it so he'd "know how it feels". People are jerks.

I'm pretty sure it's this. I haven't had any problems since Wednesday, but the weeks not over yet.

The part that makes me laugh is that yeah, it's inconvenient, but I have a van full of crap to fix the damage this person did.

Also, this happened during the daytime when both my wife and I were gone.

AND, because they cut my phone service, what they did is technically illegal.

SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote:

moparman76_69 wrote:

NOHOME wrote: Generally this level of pissed-off behavior would not be for some obscure unwarranted slight. I would expect that if I pissed someone off to this extent I would know who it was cause I most likely did it on purpose.

Not when you drive a giant billboard letting everyone know that you work for the cable company. I'd imagine it is someone that is pissed off about their cable being off all the time and did it so he'd "know how it feels". People are jerks.

I'm pretty sure it's this. I haven't had any problems since Wednesday, but the weeks not over yet. The part that makes me laugh is that yeah, it's inconvenient, but I have a van full of crap to fix the damage this person did. Also, this happened during the daytime when both my wife and I were gone. AND, because they cut my phone service, what they did is technically illegal.

I'd think it would be illegal whether or not the phone was cut.

I was going to say that … can't imagine that the phone line is more protected than the cable line … neither are this guys property … nothing I know of gives him the right to berkeley with someone else's property

cutting a phone line outside of the house is also illegal because that part is owned by the phone company. They own everything up to the box outside your house.

There is also the bit about 911 and other emergency calls

In reply to SyntheticBlinkerFluid:

Have you notified your employer? It seems as if they might have an interest in this and more resources available to deal with it.

Toyman01 wrote: I haven't had any issues, of any sort, since these were installed. And yes, people are jerks.

Same here. And CWH is da' man and hooked me up with a nice system at a good price.

I'm confused.

The wire you are describing is the property of the cable company. Why are you running it?

Standard practice in my area for the cable company is if they find a drop installed in any way not in accordance with their standards, they cut it. It is generally someone stealing cable service.

You didn't mention whether or not you were paying for service...??

Seriously, if you do an exposed splice, or use a different type of cable then they use, or sheath it in a manner that is not the way they do it, they will cut it.

Call the cable company. Let them replace their own wire.

He works for the cable company.

Oh. Told you I was confused.

The age-old standard was ya didn't berkeley w/ the phone company (TPC).

... looks like the cable company is stepping up a notch.