Bruce's Journal

Bruce Slutsky was born in New York City in 1949. I retired six years ago after working as a Science/Engineering Librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark for 25 years. I was married to Karen until she passed away in February 2021. I have a son Lee who is now 35 years old. I am very much interested in the popular music of the 1960s, especially Bob Dylan and the Beatles. I am interested in rock and roll radio. I am an enthusiastic fan of the New York Mets.

Monday, May 9, 2016

You Don't Miss Your Cable TV, Phone and Internet Until the System Goes Down

I have been a subscriber to Time Warner Cable since October 1986. I remember staying home from work on the day the parade celebrating the Mets World Series win waiting for the installation. I must say that over the years the service has been pretty good with few outages.

When I got home from work today at about 5:45 the system was down. Lee was able to watch the broadcast TV channels, but the phone and wifi were out. This article from CNN states that a cable cut accidentally by third party construction caused the failure. By 7 PM everything was restored. All's well that ends well.