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Old 07-16-2003, 11:44 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Get a Cable Modem......Go to Jail

i ran across this page earlier today... thought it was pretty interesting...

http://www.geocities.com/flutocracy/cablemodem.htm


and heres the first "chapter"

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Chapter 1: In Which I Learn About the Various Divisions of the District Court of the State of Maryland

Thursday, November 19, 1998:
It's an ordinary day. I get home from work, picking up the mail as I walk toward my house. I notice that the return address on one of the letters is the District Court of the State of Maryland. As I walk up the front steps, I think, "I just did jury duty last year; they can't be asking me to serve again so soon, can they?" After I settle in at home, I open the letter and read, "You have been summoned to appear as a defendant in a trial..." My first thought is that someone is suing me for something, but then I see at the top of the page 'State of Maryland vs. Sammel, Judith Lynne', and realize that this isn't a person suing me. My second thought is that I've gotten a parking ticket that blew off of my windshield and has gone unpaid, or maybe a speeding ticket from the traffic cameras I've heard about. It's too late to call the Court to see what the case is about, so I have to wait until the next day.

The next morning, I call the telephone number that's printed on the letter, and a recording says something like "press 1 for Civil Division, 2 for Traffic Division, 3 for Criminal Division, 4 for information about specific cases," etc. I choose the option for information about specific cases, and the person who answers the phone asks me to read her the case number. After I read it, I hear her say, "Just a minute. Let me transfer you to the Criminal Division."

"Whaaaaaaaaat?" I ask, but it's too late. I'm on hold.

Someone else picks up the phone, and again I read the case number and ask what the case is about.

"Cable fraud, " she replies.
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Old 07-16-2003, 11:56 AM   #2 (permalink)
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This poor bastard went to hell and back over this. The whole story surprises me because I had a neighbor who'd get service audited by comcast once a month, and never got charged with anything. He'd just wait for the auditor to leave, walk out there, and reconnect his service.
 
Old 07-16-2003, 11:56 AM   #3 (permalink)
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its all part of the 'incentive'

I doubt any person would call in and tell them to shut his 'incentive' off
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Old 07-16-2003, 11:58 AM   #4 (permalink)
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My God, I only thought this kind of stuff happened to me. This reads like any typical month in my life.
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Old 07-16-2003, 12:00 PM   #5 (permalink)
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great story. read the whole thing
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Old 07-16-2003, 12:34 PM   #6 (permalink)
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A remembering reading that in late 1998. It wasn't yet complete then (obviously) I remember reading up to like where comcast said they were dropping the charges or something. Maybe this is why @home is defunct? Yea probably not but its fun to pretend.
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Old 07-16-2003, 01:00 PM   #7 (permalink)
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She's great... I love reading aobut other's misfortunes... especially when the win out in then...
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Old 07-16-2003, 01:31 PM   #8 (permalink)
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holy cow... incredible... freakin' incredible.
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Old 07-16-2003, 02:19 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Crazy stuff! Luckily she was smart enough to get herself out of that mess. Though I am surprised she didn't cancel her cable modem service... after all that I would.
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Old 07-16-2003, 03:13 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Old 07-16-2003, 03:27 PM   #11 (permalink)
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that is so true jstrider so very very true


i wont use the comps at school for the internet its just to dam slow i go home instead of the comp labs
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Old 07-16-2003, 03:32 PM   #12 (permalink)
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I remember when I moved into a new appartment, and I got my cable internet and TV hooked up. They ran out of filters, and told me I would get the Movie Network for free until another technician came out to put a filter on it.

No one ever came. Later on, I reduced my TV service to lower my bill since I don't watch TV that much anyways.

The whole time I wondered when they would filter the Movie Channel out, and when they came to reduce the service, I expected to get some trouble for the filter not being there. Good thing nothing ever came of it.
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Old 07-16-2003, 04:43 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Great article.

Talk about the left hand not knowing what the right foot is doing.
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Old 07-16-2003, 05:57 PM   #14 (permalink)
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"I begin to feel like a character in a Kafka novel."

It's funny how much parts of that read like The Trial.
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Old 07-16-2003, 06:24 PM   #15 (permalink)
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That is unbelievable. Great post!
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