Arghh - Comcast Triple play biting me in Houston - thanks to Ike

[jmace57]

OK - thanks to Hurricane Ike, I lost power for 4.5 days (I am lucky!) - power came back, but Comcast is out for 11 days now. I have the "triple play" of VOIP, Internet and Cable.

I wanted to switch my Series 3 to OTA as the cable is dead. Then realized I have to go thru guided setup again to switch input from cable to OTA. OK, til I realized I have no internet...and no phone for it to commect to.

So, am I stuck? Am I missing something? I am going thru SERIOUS withdrawals here.

Jim

[webin]

Plug the antenna directly into the TV and watch the old fashioned. That should hopefully provide enough of of an IV drip until Comcast gets back online.

I hope all is well down there in Texas.

[classicsat]

How are you getting internet? Can you bring the TiVo to where there is internet or phone, and a TV to redo Guided Setup.

[rainwater]

This is why have been hesitant to get the similar setup from Charter. I would rather have my internet and phone separate so there is a good chance at least one will work at any given time. Of course you can't really predict natural disasters so even in that case both could be out for extended times.

[TolloNodre]

I had an Aunt with Comcast cable that was down for several days.

Each day she would call to find out the status. (I think Verizon was her phone service).

Each day the tech would take her information, say 'they're working on it' and it should be fixed soon (it ended up taking 5 days).

And the end of each call the tech would ask "Can I interest you in our Digital Home Phone service?"

She politely explained that if she had their phone service, she wouldn't be talking to them! :D

[jmace57]

Just a follow-up. We got back cable/internet/phone today - just short of 14 days out. We had to scrounge, and I mean SCROUNGE to find an antenna to hook into the TV. Just a small hole punched in the roof, a ton of limbs and branches down, a little bit of water in the carpet of one room. We are very lucky...and I felt bad griping about not having cable - the people across the street are still without power in the 90 degree days and 75 degree nights.

[gastrof]

Just a follow-up. We got back cable/internet/phone today - just short of 14 days out. We had to scrounge, and I mean SCROUNGE to find an antenna to hook into the TV...

In testing out a digital-to-analog converter, before having an antenna to hook into it, I connected a run of coaxial cable to it, and on the other end attached one of those converter things that let you connect coaxial to the two screw connectors on the back of older TVs.

I attached the two screw blades to a metal curtain rod holding up the drapes on one of the windows.

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It worked. :D

[usnret]

Are you Scottish perchance?? Sounds like something that my wife would do (she is from Dundee, Scotland).