New modem required
So said cable company
It came in the mail
Also cable box.
Cable guy to the rescue
My problems were small
Three long hours passed
He pronounced all in good shape –
Until the next day
When it became clear
Impossible to record
Why have a TV?
Different guy sent
Seems original box wrong
Installed another
Now I could record.
Problems solved I watched TV
Then after four days
No picture on screen.
Third guy came with his tool box
Things were looking up.
He wasted no time
Found ancient cable splitter
Replaced it. Voila!
With my apologies to the traditional Haiku form
poetrybyheart.me 
Charming! I laughed. Not at you but at your much more elegant than I rant.
Or rather, much more elegant rant than mine…. or, at least, much more elegant than my rant. Well. That’s what happens when you hit post.
I so understand about hitting post. And I got your meaning the first time. Thanks.
Rolling and laughing
Oh, I miss carrier pigeons
Both message and meal 🙂
Your comment makes me laugh, Eric. Thanks.
All fixed in the end… Third time lucky 🙂
Yes, finally! Thanks Christy.
I am often victimized by technology and incompetent service
You too? 😦
Brilliant! But unfortunate for you at the same time. Still, it shows that creativity can come out of frustration!
Thanks, Denzil.
So glad it got fixed! Nice form lol
It certainly was a relief. Thanks, Lynn. 🙂
Oh dear the frustrations of technology, glad it’s all sorted and you could get your frustrations out poetically 🙂
Thanks, Andrea. It helped put my tech problem in prospection.
Story Of My Life dept! We have actually had fewer issues using a hot spot than we had with very expensive cable. Un Real. Hope it all stays fixed for you this time! 🙂
Thanks, Jan. Glad you found a solution. My new cable splitter seems to be doing the trick so far.
Is there ever an answer? Self-perpetuating obscurity
It is like work is never completed – especially obscure tasks.
Changes in the technology happen so fast that it’s hard for even the so-called “experts” to keep up! This is part of the thesis of Thomas Friedman’s book “Thank You For Being Slow.” Bless him, he tries to make a case for this “drawback” of being an old codger!
I like Friedman’s take on technology. Except sometimes I like when the tech people refine things and come up with something simpler.