Comcastic! It's BOMBASTIC!

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It's Bombastic!

Well I just switched to the Triple Play and was welcomed to Comcast with a loss of phone service and internet for a full day. The first guy walked off the job 'cause he couldn't figure it out and said his supervisor would show up in "about half an hour" which of course translated to "more than an hour later." It took them from 10:30am until 6pm to switch me over from Cavtel.

Cavtel of course not to be left out of the fun had to play their part in this drama and cut my phone lines first thing in the morning instead of waiting for the go-ahead call from Comcast.

By the end of the day I then got "and by the way, we don't support D-Link or other wireless routers other than our own (or Eudora)". So once internet was finally hooked up, they said, oh we just provide access to the internet and if you can't get on, then too bad. It took a friend clear across the country an hour on the phone with me to get all my wireless router settings to finally click and get me on that Superhighway.

Then last night in bed I went to check my new movie channels (TMC! Starz! MAX!) and found it wasn't hooked up to my pre-existing box.

A stupendous forewarning of things to come with new Comcast service?

Clearly their new tag line should be:
"It's Comcastic!---It's Bombastic!"
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ANGER: Infringement of my Design!!!!

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I am numb with anger after finding that one of my most popular freebies has been illegally appropriated by a fellow designer as an item she is selling as her own original design at pocket-pearls. This should not be tolerated by any designer in our community.

As I am a lawyer, I have written a cease and desist letter to Pocket-Pearls (www.pocket-pearls.com). I urge you all to contact them and let them know that you likewise will not tolerate theft of copyrighted material we create as designers.

I created my Graph Tags in early April 2007 and posted them here on my blog as a {freebie} on April 15, 2007, where they remain available to this day. They currently have over 1100 downloads to-date. Conni Klueter posted her "Graphic Letters" for sale on May 17, 2007.

You be the judge:


Anyone in our community knows well enough that all items are for personal use only unless specifically sold as commercial use-licensed. Most all of us, especially me as a lawyer, places a TOU with every design stating clearly that the license is solely for personal use. There is no acceptable excuse for such blatant illegal actions.

I am seriously considering stopping all past and future {freebies} if this is what it leads to. While I am here visiting in New York City for 3 days I will mull this over and make a decision upon my return to Baltimore. I will leave my current {freebies} up until at least then.

With much sadness & dismay,
Lawgal Diane
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