Damaged Lines on Welsh Island

Pine Island Guy · 05-23-2023, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Descant

It wasn't that long ago that we had propane lights, fridge and stoves. When we encouraged folks to get electricity in 1959, it was easy enough to get the minimum of 30 camps to sign on and pay the $150 deposit. Not enough people wanted phones, so that was delayed some years. Now, we're doing away with landline phones and DSL in favor of cell phones and Hub66. That declining market does not encourage CC to provide better service. Islanders are probably a losing operation for them.

I agree! Things went downhill fast when the company in Texas bought them and they had no idea what a very rural operation Verizon was in NH and VT etc. Best decision Verizon made was to sell it off and pocket the money.

I'm very happy with Hub66 on the island, other option was going to be Starlink. with NHEC starting to run fiber, and the other options available, I have the same feeling that Consolidated would be happy to have the island customers disappear

It's another beautiful day on the water, enjoy it!! -PIG

Slickcraft · 05-23-2023, 02:16 PM

CC was on island today. The 25 pair cable was replaced from behind #54 to the entry point between #58 and #59. We now have hardwired DSL replacing the spliced temp fix. The old cable is still on the ground.
The cable on Descant's branch is still down as there is an ongoing septic install at #60.

Alan

welch-time · 05-24-2023, 01:12 PM

Alan,

Any idea if CC is still working on the lines?
My cameras have been working since they spliced my damaged wires last month and were working this morning but now they're offline again.

Mark

Slickcraft · 05-24-2023, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by welch-time

Alan,

Any idea if CC is still working on the lines?
My cameras have been working since they spliced my damaged wires last month and were working this morning but now they're offline again.

Mark

Mark, no idea as we left this morning are off island. I did get an alert that connection to our heat pump gateway was lost at 10:45 am today but it is now back online and our weather station is also online.

Alan

welch-time · 05-24-2023, 06:22 PM

Yeah, they were working on the lines today. Cameras are back up.

Mark

05-24-2023, 01:12 PM	#3
welch-time Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Welch Island Posts: 121 Thanks: 7 Thanked 67 Times in 32 Posts	Alan, Any idea if CC is still working on the lines? My cameras have been working since they spliced my damaged wires last month and were working this morning but now they're offline again. Mark Last edited by welch-time; 05-24-2023 at 01:49 PM.

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05-23-2023, 02:16 PM	#2
Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and The Taylor Community Posts: 3,387 Thanks: 1,260 Thanked 2,148 Times in 983 Posts	CC was on island today. The 25 pair cable was replaced from behind #54 to the entry point between #58 and #59. We now have hardwired DSL replacing the spliced temp fix. The old cable is still on the ground. The cable on Descant's branch is still down as there is an ongoing septic install at #60. Alan

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05-24-2023, 06:22 PM	#5
welch-time Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Welch Island Posts: 121 Thanks: 7 Thanked 67 Times in 32 Posts	Yeah, they were working on the lines today. Cameras are back up. Mark