The reason for the post was to express awe that I actually got a cable guy that is highly clueful, cheerful, and generally gives me a good feeling that he might actually manage to solve this particular bit of cable wackiness.
Assuming he continues this positive trend, I might motivate myself to call up Time-Warner to put in a positive comment about his work. Hopefully they'll get things squared away in time for Buffy this afternoon (or at worst tomorrow morning).
Anyways, don't be surprised if I fall of the net sometime in the next while, for a while...