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Original Post: May 18, 2024

For context I live in a house in a gated community. With many houses next to each other. Basically our spectrum wire that runs from the outside to the box (which is a bit of ways) they cut. I’m not sure if they knew it was a internet wire or what but they cut it. Apparently it was an “eye sore” how it was exposed a tiny bit to the box. Which makes no sense cause theres other wires there also. Not to mention it’s been there for YEARS.

So, we called spectrum and they sent out a guy today to check it out. Here’s the kicker. Not only did they have someone cut the long expensive wire but they also stole it. The spectrum guy was like “What the fuck? They can’t do that. They can’t destroy our property.” He also said he could have reconnected it even cut if they didn’t steal it. It’s not even our cable/internet it’s spectrums. So, now we have to wait till Monday so they can bring in a few guys to put a new wire and the labor to get it from our house to the box. Spectrum is going to charge the HOA the bill.

It just doesn’t make sense to me. We had no idea they were even doing that to our property. No notifications or anything. They just came and did it. I was at work. Only reason we knew was cause my dad heard someone on the roof and the wire is cut. And the guy said he was part of the HOA. Isn’t that illegal as fuck? Beyond destroying and stealing spectrum property they can’t come to our property without notifying us and destroy something. If I was home I would have 100% said what the fuck are you doing? Get the fuck down. If I saw someone on my roof.

Spectrum said they will increase our internet speeds and give us a faster and stronger cable when they come install it on Monday. For the inconvenience of waiting 2 more days. But my war is with the HOA right now because what the fuck? Fuck HOAs.

Some of OOP’s Comments:

Commenter: Are you sure that guy is actually from the HOA and not just some random asshole thief?

Either way, police report would be a good step.

OOP: He had a commercial electric truck and said his name. So, I can only imagine he was at the very least hired by the HOA. Cause he did say the HOA sent him. I’d highly doubt he’d give all his information if he was a random thief.

Commenter: If you remember the company call them and ask. Wtf was he thinking???

OOP: I wasn’t home. I was at work and my dad was there. I have no idea the thought process behind what had happened.

Commenter: Honestly spectrum won’t do anything about it unless they keep doing it. Neither will the cops unless they’re bored out of their minds.

That said, yes - illegal. And if they’d tried this shit with a fiber backhaul, that would get charged and the stare interested in bending them over.

OOP: I don’t know. Spectrum seemed pretty upset about it. Like they even said, they are going to bill them straight up for labor, stolen property, and the cost of new equipment/repair for homeowner. Cause Spectrum said whenever it comes to their wire, no one (not even HOA) can touch it without calling them first. And they’ll always send a technician to see what’s up. If it was such a “eye sore” spectrum would have came and fixed it. But instead they didn’t choose that route. So, now spectrum wants to shaft the HOA. They cut and stole a literal 500 foot wire.

Update Post: May 20, 2024 (2 days later)

The last post I made blew up and was super popular. So, if you were one of the people that saw my last post and wanted an update here it is. So, of course it turns out that the HOA indeed cut and admitted to cutting my internet wire. (Not surprising) But, apparently there was some error somewhere (according to them) where the guy that cut it wasnt supposed to. Rather inspect and go from there where we figure our a solution to make it less of an “eyesore”. Somewhere between them and that person there was a miscommunication. (According to them. Whether or not thats the truth who knows) So, after being angrily on the phone with them they quickly apologized when I started bringing up FCC and potentially filing a police report. They said that any fee from spectrum they’ll pay. We got on a 3 way call with spectrum and the HOA greenlit for spectrum to make any necessary repairs and send the bill to them. Or whatever extra fees that will come from this.

Also, I mentioned to the HOA that doesn’t make me whole. Considering I’ve been 4 days now without internet. So, I asked how are they going to make me whole from there mistake? They said they’ll give me 2 months waived HOA fees as apology. I agreed as in the end I want no more problems and I just want my internet back. Furthermore spectrum agreed to prorate the days I was missing by not having internet and will increase my speeds. Increasing my speeds just to be nice and because I’m a loyal customer. So, I’d say it all worked out in the end. This was my first ever run in with the HOA.

I’m sure the HOA knew they messed up. Cause they put me on hold for like 10 minutes. Then came back with an apology and started being extra nice afterwards. So, spectrum is going to come tomorrow to rewire and make the necessary repairs. It’s dumb cause all the HOA had to do was talk to me about it and I would have called spectrum. Even spectrum said it was an easily fix to where all they had to do was move the wire up out of place and not noticeable. But instead it turned into all this. Hopefully after that the situation is done. No more and we can all just move on. Can’t say if this is a trash HOA or not as it is the first time they have ever messed with my house in anyway. But thanks for everyone that gave me advice and or was on my side.

OOP Comment:

Commenter (downvoted): Nope. Sorry. Would have called police and FCC straight up. Lol. Fuck the HOA. They screw people all the time and cause losses of houses through liens and crap. I would have stuck it to them.

OOP: I just don’t want them to hold a personal vendetta against me. I’ll chalk it up to a mistake and that I get faster internet for free. Also, no HOA fees for a couple of months. I’d rather not go into a war with the HOA over this. And forever have them on my ass. Sometimes it’s better to just end it will everyone happy rather than being petty.