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Default Answer to an old question: "ALPHA" Box on a utility pole

Swingman wrote:
On 7/2/2010 12:55 AM, Bill wrote:
I couldn't locate the thread, but last fall, I described a 3' by 2' by
2' metal box, with "ALPHA" marked on it, on my utility pole, and even
posted a picture in an effort to try to figure out what it was. I also
mentioned it had a circuit breaker in a box underneath it (and I wanted
to know what the darn thing was for). I now understand these boxes exist
across the nation and I now have the answer in case you may have one in
your locality:


What I said:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.w...f1bcd9b50b88a2



Swingman: Yes, you made a good call--and I remembered that (but I
couldn't find it). I was able to add a few more details or I would not
have bothered posting.

As far as Comcast workers, they are not all equal. Some seem really on
the ball, and some try to baffle you with BS. The people that work the
phones evidently work from a script. Someone wrote, "Comcast is great
until you have problems." I think that's a pretty fair statement.

Bill