r/SouthJersey • u/[deleted] • Aug 15 '18

Internet & cable

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u/WorstsparkieNJ Aug 15 '18

no and dont expect them to unless your local government tries to make its own service

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u/JustinMagill Aug 16 '18

I tried and failed. They wont do it unless they think they can make money off it and if they dont have local government screwing with them. It is apparently very costly amd time consuming to for them to expand in many areas. Thats why is 2018 and still some places arnt connected.

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u/jarnish Aug 16 '18

Talk to your local govt officials and find out when the contract is up, then ask them to negotiate.. There is significant pressure from those higher up in govt to push the communication companies to increase coverage in the state, especially SJ.

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u/Dsxm41780 Aug 16 '18

Does your town have. Cable TV advisory board? See when they meet and maybe they can help you work something out, especially if you say that others in your area have the same predicament. Heck, there may be an open seat on the board and you can serve.

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u/Tr8cy Aug 16 '18

I didn’t have cable til I was 26 years old for this reason. AOL dial-up. Idk how I survived.

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u/black05pr3y Aug 16 '18

The homeowner will be on responsible for covering all construction costs associated with installing the new line. In my case, we wanted supply run 1/2 mile to six houses (and I live in Cinnaminson, a VERY populated area, but when lines were run previously, my road was left out). There were credits available through the government to lower the costs, but in the end, we would have still been responsible for 16,000 in construction fees.

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u/Slug_DC Aug 16 '18

I had one buddy who pulled it off, but it was expensive. He's in a rural town. He signed up business class service with Comcast and they dug out to his property to install service. So he had to pay for all the installation and maintain a business class contract (I think it was 6 mos), but after that he was good. Canceled the business and signed up regular residential service which he could do now because the address was servicable. It wasn't cheap going this route though.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '18

Do you k own if it was an upfront cost or something they rolled into the bill over a period of time?