In a few days time, we will be finally moving in to a new apartment.  This step has been tiring but exciting as well.  However, this post, though related, is not about the experiences I’ve had in this moving in process… rather, it’s all about my pent-up frustrations about the one and only cable provider in our city.

First and foremost, I am wondering why families, who invest a lot of money in modern and cable-ready television sets would be given cable boxes just to have extra channels to view.  For the longest time, that has been the practice here.  To hell with the fact that your TV is capable of viewing  100++ channels… without a friggin’ and so low tech looking cable box, you can bid goodbye to HBO and Disney channel… On top of this, you can set aside your TV remote because its only function is its on/off and volume button.  If you want the added luxury of channel surfing, better head out to your cable operator again and rent a remote control for another additional fee.

We have been tolerating this practice for quite some time now.  For one, we do not have a choice.  As I have mentioned, monopoly is the name of the game here.  We, consumers, are practically helpless.  TV is a part of our lives and breaking away from this habit is akin to oxygen deprivation.  This cable operator is the only provider we’ve got and we do not really have an option but to dance to their tune.  Why I am blogging it now is connected to our moving in preparations.  We need to have a cable connection installed and because of that, we are rattled by yet, another surprise from this cable company… the so expensive installation fee which is non-refundable and non-consumable.  This put renters like me in an unfortunate situation… we cannot maximize the pricey installation payment not unless we decide to stay in our apartment for a longer period of time…  But above all, what is so frustrating is we cannot do anything about it… It’s a take it or leave it situation.  The only thing I can do is write about it and pray that somebody from DTI or any government agency would find out about it and hopefully take action.

Gosh, I am really praying for the day when Sky Cable will penetrate the Angeles City market… maybe then, it will be a lot fairer for us consumers.

We are now in the process of fixing and rebuilding whatever was lost in this site.  I am beginning to realize the extent of the damage as I painstakingly re-upload each file, image, and document that was affected by this technical mishap… I realized that despite of the mere stolen moments invested in this site, I have already done so much!  This realization gives me feelings of pride… and of course, frustration… to have earned and lost hurts.  But just as any hurdle faced,  I am ready to bounce back and blog again… I hope my readers will be patient throughout the repair process…

Just recently, we’ve had some troubles with my site- causing it to be off line for a while… To my dismay, I found out that we do not have a back up of the site. Anyways, we were able to retrieve and salvage a major part of it but regretfully… without the comments posted by my readers … My apologies to the readers who may have been wondering were their comments went… Rest assured that we have learned from this set-back and henceforth will be doing precautionary measures next time… If you have any concerns… or are looking for a particular article in this blog, please do advise me so I can help you out…
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