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Realize the cow is already out and the barn door closed, but frankly amazed you let the first crew get by with ".....the tech deciding to drape the cable along a railing on our upstairs veranda. .........". And you did not speak up at that point and say "WAIT a minute here! What gives? "? Or are you one of those who simply leaves people to their own devices and complains later? My first install was longer than they estimated because I followed them around as they went, pointing out when something was not to my satisfaction..... until it WAS...... still both sides with a smile. After 2 weeks when I opted for 2nd (TP) TV service to upstairs room, even tho' I told them where to put the cable along the way from modem, via 2 walls in LR on way to opposite corner, they began by doing it differently. "Hold up there , cowboys. Did you not hear what I said?" Showed them again... and why ...... voila, with a smile on their face. And when it came time to put the hole in the main floor ceiling / upstairs tile floor, had to go with the driller guy and point out a hole in the (wide) grout was less likely to damage anything than a hole in the middle of a tile..... but had to be done from UPSTAIRS to main (boveda) becasue going down (main) to up (as he was going to do) would mean a crap shoot on what would happen to upper floor tiles. Easy-peasy. Little things like.... "wait guys, you don't NEED to leave 10 extra feet of your white cable coiled up under my desk because you cut it too long....... haul it back, cut it off, and keep a useful piece for somewhere else" , "hey guys, you've left me a HUGE mess of tangled computer wires under here that will be cat magnets, so give me a minute to re-arrange them", and so on made for a rather harrowing but altogether good time. (Maybe an aged gringa, on her back on the floor under the desk, having them hand me various wires so I could bundle them was a funnier sight than they usually see 😜?) And now when I see them on the street, or pass by in my car, there's always a wave and a friendly hello.... and maybe even a few words of a chat.

Moderator 5 never responds nor reads PM's is my experience.

Love that post, Natasha. Sounds like me. This is why I do a lot of stuff myself if I'm capable of it- if I have to stand over them every minute (and you do unless you want to end up irritated) I might as well do it myself. And if I have to hire someone, I've learned to watch them like a hawk.

I'm a fussy arse so, I guess that makes you three also fussy arses. Total Play just finished installation at my house. The cable went exactly where I wanted it to go. Nice guys, very helpful and I am delighted with the lowest speed available from them. I now have all three (Total Play, Telmex and iLox) for the next couple of months and I intend to check speeds, every day, in the morning, the afternoon around 2 and in the evening... with and without Nordvpn. I'm definitely getting rid of iLox and I've had it for two years. I mean, literally, had it. Unreliable for me in Riberas del Pilar. If TotalPlay stands up, I will first knock my Telmex down to 387 peso package... and, hopefully, eventually, just have a landline with Telmex at 187 peso package. Fingers crossed. To Telmex: You snooze, you lose.

Me too and I'm from England via Ontario.

I recognize belatedly that I should have received the board’s blessing before cancelling my Total Play service, not to mention posting a somewhat negative comment about the same. As for expressing satisfaction with the ugly duckling of the local internet providers, I plead guilty and beg for mercy from the board community. Apologies to Neil Sedaka while I’m at it.

I give instructions and then supervise to make sure that it's done the way I want and I'm from Alberta via Ontario and originally Bohemia, Czechoslovakia the part which is now called Czechia. Pedro kertesz

The PASE toll chip site shows 5 booths on that trip plus the new one 1 $96 Chapala6 is at the entrance from the Chapala-GDL hwy 2 $239 Santa Cecelia is after crossing the GDL _ Colima hwy 3 $249 Plan de Barancas on 15D hwy north towards Tepic 4 $138 Arnado Nervo 1 on the 1st section of the new road 5 $38 Compostella 4 where you return to the free road in Compostella 6 $60 posted in this forum for the new section Should total $820

Everyone I know has a debit card for their welfare payments

Yes and the price is higher so yoj get what you pay for..No big deal on short flights .On long flight I ll pay for clmfort but up to 2 hours .I want cheap

Yes, there are several. At least that what they said on CNN.

I assume you found a eye-doc for your little guy, but if not, call me. I've used one in Guadalajara that gave Scottie an eye exam every bit as professional and thorough as my own specialist. 376-766-4338

Does anyone who moves here learn a little basic Spanish?