Remember the phrase that told us how easy something would be - as easy as ABC or 1,2,3. Well, we have our own ABC issue here in the Village and it is not as easy as that or as 1,2,3. For months, no, for years, the Village told David Israel that we did not want the Atlantic Broadband Company to insert itself into the Village. We were better off with the number one or two company in the field, Comcast, which had definitely improved its services over the recent years. But nope, this man was obsessed with getting his way, getting broadband in here with ABC, just as obsessed as he was several years before with the DSL company that had installed its operation in Boca CV and what a mess there was and the contract had to be broken. But the man raved and raved about it until he was shut down with the proof of reality.
So next we were afflicted with his desire to bring in a company which was truly untested, a small company in the field which had major service issues and yet, David demanded that we bring them in. Through vote after vote he was told this and yet the man continued with his obsession knowing that he would wear away at everyone and wait until the delegates and their numbers at attendance were his way. And so he did. And so we were promised pie in the sky and what we are getting is mud on the ground!!
Directional boring. He raved about it. Small holes in the ground in order to then bore underneath and install the cables or whatever. Well, anyone notice the huge piles of dirt in long lines along the Village roads. Anyone notice how the filling in of these trenches leave dead grass and in this drought we are having, last nite's storm notwithstanding, the grass does not grow back so quickly, if at all. So far this 'directional' boring, this 'minor' trenching has broken wires and pipes and conduits and what not. But dig we must as we see guys knee deep in trenches. Wonder if someone worked for Con Ed in NYC with all this digging.
So, on we go with this purported ABC ease of ABC company. First we suddenly sprouted gray piping or whatever it is. Then I noticed that the tops were open to the air - the dirt, the bugs, the water, the whatever. So I made mention in my blog and lo and behold suddenly there was tape and capping of these pipes. Wonder why it had to wait. Wonder why the great know it all, David, did not catch this - or does he even care now that he has gotten his way and inserted us into another multi million dollar boondoggle.
And lookee now. We are sprouting tall and ugly bright orange piping of some sort and for some purpose and then what? What happens to these ugly things? Are they reburied? Do they stick up for all time and eternity? Do they get to run along the ground surface, yet another ugly thing along with our crappy and deteriorating roads? And what is this I am reading? Now it seems that this supposedly advanced system will need a box with an antenna to receive signals. Huh? Why? Thought this was a fiber optic system and we were done with these things but guess not and then I was told that the signal would be sent from where the company operates so Miami? And does that come along with all the Spanish programming that we do not need here in the Village?!
And so what now? Suddenly we now have a 'box' that can be damaged in major storms and hurricanes and we double that with a possibility to do the same if it hits Miami, even if not here. What a boondoggle. What a disaster in the making. And this is before we even know how the programming and the transmission works. This is before they are done with this and then do the individual units and then what? Do we have pretty colors to choose from as the wires are wrapped around our woodwork and door jambs? How are we supposed to trust that this company can and will fulfill its pledge of snaking the wires? They obviously have a different definition now of directional boring than before so how do we trust them?
And of course - how did we allow David Israel to do this to us once again. This man is a megalomaniac in his behavior and demands and here we go again. Will this be ready by Comcast contract ending? What will Comcast charge those who wish to remain with them? What will happen when people return next season and have to wait months to get their cable? Will we have a mob of pitchfork and remote carrying people charge at UCO and demand that David finally come out of his office and answer to the charges?
It seems that we here in CVWPB are afflicted with two demented and selfish leaders- Trump and David Israel. One went into a rant Monday evening that has people scratching away and wondering when we are going to go into constitutional crisis and what will happen then. The tempers are at a dangerous high so what will be? Only G-d knows and I am not even sure about that!! And here? Will we remain meek and subservient to David's whims and desires? Do we need to get forensic accounting into here, forensic lawyers to track down the deal and its incompetence, its lies, or are we simply going to sit here and wait till death do us part?
Your call, folks, your call. But this man has now sent out new letters of get thee gone from my UCO and sent off many good people into exile from UCO and then he will whine that we need volunteers and Lanny will write another foolish piece on David's blog and honest responses will be disallowed.
What a mess, here and nationally. Wonder how long we will be able to escape the mess by finding some Netflix show? Wonder if we will only get some old reruns on the below par service we might get with ABC. Nope, ABC and 1,2,3, this is not.
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