Two of the damnedest things ...
2. We, both of us, were anxious
to watch the morning media to see how the election spin went. Guess what?
Every local television channel in Baltimore and Washington came up with
this message.
I called the number and am told they will reset ourset top boxes. They do,
and now I can't get any channel. I'm transferred to a technician who
asks "How can I help you?" GHAK! I tell her, and in a few minutes
she explains that the reason I can only get local channels is they have
an outage in my area. No, I tell her, I can only "Not Get" local
channels, until you reset me, and NOW I get no channels. That's
because we have an outage in your are, and the estimated time to have
you up and running is 2PM.
Move to Virginia. We have power AND cable! And a new Governor, Lt. Governor and Attorney General! Yee haw!
ReplyDeleteAs to the electric meter, the older automated technologies had two components: The meter and the communication device. Often, in fact always, over time, the communication device which counts the meter revolutions (in the case of a mechanical meter) quit counting each one. The meter always worked, but the comm device communicated fewer kWh used than the meter.
ReplyDeleteI manage a small electric utility, and the problem is/was common to the old technology. We experienced failure of 50% of our meters before we finally got them out. Almost every state law allows back-billing. My board of directors would not let me back bill. We move forward.
Glad I could be of service. That will be $211.00
What? No quick pay discount?
ReplyDeleteCable outages are invariably caused by planned switching of service connections and/or integrating new signal processing equipment. In other words, a backhoe dug up your local feed line by mistake.
ReplyDeleteWe live within a mile or two of McChord AFB and loose or satalite signal for a coupla seconds several times per day due to C17's and C-5's flying 12 feet over the house (modest exageration). When the Reserve guys come out for touch and goes, it can get annoying.
ReplyDeleteNear as I can tell, most of them are Seahawks fans as they don't do flyovers during the games.
We have back up basic cable for when it is just too crappy of weather to count on the sat.
Ok, Rodger, I admit it. It was MY fault. *I* shut down the television system for you and all your neighbors. I was trying to spare you the embarrassment of your neighbors seeing your *ahem* "famous trip to the liquor store" video. But I guess it had to come out, sooner or later. These things can't stay secret forever.
ReplyDeleteI tried to protect you, brother. I tried.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZQsA7G0hvQ&feature=related)
--Jack
If the older meters were plain old mechanical, that did NOT transmit their readings, then some of them could have gotten out of adjustment over time.
ReplyDeleteWhen the got the meters back to the shop, they were tested for accuracy and the letter you and your neighbor received were generated based on the results of the test.
That would mean that the meter was showing less OR MORE usage than actual watt/hours.
They won't bill for those whose meter read low, but they also are not refunding to those whose meter read HIGH.
I don't know PUC rules for such, but our local CO-Op offers to change out your meter if you feel it may be inaccurate.
tomw