I have a great employee starting in January who is moving to Oakdale to be near his wife-to-be's family. They are trying to establish service and having a heck of a time with Comcast. Does anyone in the Oakdale area know of any other providers?
Thanks!
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Oakdale is a similar market as is Placerville, so probably has similar issues and options.
Rural and municipal cable service is often licensed through the local government, so the options almost always come down to either the only cable company serving the area, or one of two satellite TV/communications companies serving most rural and semi-rural areas.
I had a really difficult time getting started with Comcast as well, but it offered the fastest and most reliable service (least affected by adverse weather conditions) once I got it going.
Our primary issue of difficulty was that the connection to our house was a bit over 300' to the nearest residential node. They have a 300' node-to-service distance limit due to loss of signal issues along the service line.
On the flip side, they had their primary transition cable attached to a pole on my property (within public road RW on back end of our property) which is about 85' from the house. In fact, out phone service line comes from that pole. But the cable line there runs a different configuration of signal (stronger?), where the line going down the private road we front on begins with some sort of signal converter (reducer?) which makes it possible to provide residential service. When attaching to the near pole, they had to add guy anchors which fell outside the existing easement.
In the end, they used a heavier guage service line and a signal booster to make it work. They don't like to do it, but it can be done. Sometimes, getting the local cable company to do something they can do but don't want to do can be facilitated by the local government based upon what is contained in terms of the license or charter granted by the local government with respect to providing services to area residents.
Getting Comcast to initially provide service was very frustrating (do not get the TV/internet/phone package - we were without any phone, personal or business for a couple of days, with friends and clients getting a "no longer in service" message - keep phone with your current provider). Later, getting them to add the signal booster was equally frustrating. since that time, we have had no issues.
High speed phone line options are often not available if one lives very far out of town. It depends entirely upon the distance to the nearest telephone company CO.
If snow and trees are not significant issues, satellite may be the best option, especially if you suffer from high blood pressure or have heart issues.
Rural and municipal cable service is often licensed through the local government, so the options almost always come down to either the only cable company serving the area, or one of two satellite TV/communications companies serving most rural and semi-rural areas.
I had a really difficult time getting started with Comcast as well, but it offered the fastest and most reliable service (least affected by adverse weather conditions) once I got it going.
Our primary issue of difficulty was that the connection to our house was a bit over 300' to the nearest residential node. They have a 300' node-to-service distance limit due to loss of signal issues along the service line.
On the flip side, they had their primary transition cable attached to a pole on my property (within public road RW on back end of our property) which is about 85' from the house. In fact, out phone service line comes from that pole. But the cable line there runs a different configuration of signal (stronger?), where the line going down the private road we front on begins with some sort of signal converter (reducer?) which makes it possible to provide residential service. When attaching to the near pole, they had to add guy anchors which fell outside the existing easement.
In the end, they used a heavier guage service line and a signal booster to make it work. They don't like to do it, but it can be done. Sometimes, getting the local cable company to do something they can do but don't want to do can be facilitated by the local government based upon what is contained in terms of the license or charter granted by the local government with respect to providing services to area residents.
Getting Comcast to initially provide service was very frustrating (do not get the TV/internet/phone package - we were without any phone, personal or business for a couple of days, with friends and clients getting a "no longer in service" message - keep phone with your current provider). Later, getting them to add the signal booster was equally frustrating. since that time, we have had no issues.
High speed phone line options are often not available if one lives very far out of town. It depends entirely upon the distance to the nearest telephone company CO.
If snow and trees are not significant issues, satellite may be the best option, especially if you suffer from high blood pressure or have heart issues.
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