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Tuesday, May 28th, 2024 2:20 PM

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Line Bury Request (Help)

Wondering if anyone has any advice on how to get in touch with someone at Xfinity who can help with my line burial. On 5/2, I had a technician come out and before being able to even speak with them - they opted to cut my existing line and provide a temporary line that is now running across my driveway (big trip hazard with kids constantly coming and going). I was told that they have 14 days to bury the line but that it was likely someone would come out in 2-3 days to bury the line. I'm now approaching almost 30 days with this temporary line and despite my numerous calls into comcast, I have yet to get an answer on when this would be completed. I've created multiple new tickets and each time they've told me it would be resolved within 48-72 hours but then I ultimately never hear back or receive a resolution. 

If anyone can help point me in the right direction to get this resolved - I would greatly appreciate it. 

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11 months ago

Hello @user_9r06mc You are in the right place for help! I'm sorry that the line is still there and causing a potential hazard. Also, that you attempt to resolve it have gone unanswered. We will help and make sure that you are kept in the loop for the process. Thank you for sticking with it and reaching out to us through our forums! If the technician submitted the request correctly for the burial, you should have received communication from our maintenance team with the expectations for the work to be completed. If you did not receive those communications, I think the issue is that the request was not submitted or not submitted correctly. I'm happy to look into it and make sure that it's taken care of once and for all. 

Please send us a direct message with your name and service address. From there I will have to verify the account and I will set up the orders we need to have the line buried! 

To send a direct message, please click on the chat icon in the top-right corner of the screen, and select "Xfinity Support" to initiate a live chat. 
Click "Sign In" if necessary
Click the "direct messaging" icon or https://comca.st/3J0ir1l
Click the "New message" (pencil and paper) icon
Type "Xfinity Support" in the "To:" line and select "Xfinity Support" from the drop-down list which appears. The "Xfinity Support" graphic replaces the "To:" line
Type your message in the text area near the bottom of the window
Press Enter to send it

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Thank you. I've just sent a direct message as instructed. 

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@user_9r06mc Thank you! I will reply to your direct message and we will have this all sorted out! 

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11 months ago

Did you ever actually get this resolved?  If it helps, your experience sounds quite typical, unfortunately.  Xfinity contracts this work out to random local third parties, and there seems to be zero communication or accountability.  It is common to experience your order being closed repeatedly, claiming the work is complete, while your home security footage shows no one even came near the property. When you call Xfinity (after wasting time convincing the robot to let you talk with a human), the agent will have absolutely zero information about your situation, no ability to communicate with the technician or see their notes (because it was never an Xfinity tech), and just give you another date, maybe telling you it is escalated, with their utmost sincere apologies.  This cycle will continue until you win the lottery, which I hope by now has happened for you.  :)

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Unfortunately, it has not been resolved yet. Been a series of events since I first posted here but still unresolved with no guidance on when this will be resolved. 

1. Spoke with Paula who was able to contact the local team and advise that the local maintenance team / contractor would be out on Thursday to get the job done. 

2. 3 individuals showed up Thursday afternoon, got out of the truck - looked at the wire and then got back into the truck and left. 

3. Paula did follow up once she realized the job hadn't been completed and said she was looking into it. 

4. This past Saturday, I woke up to two pieces of sod being cut and thrown back near my driveway. My cameras confirmed there was someone at 7am digging two holes near my driveway. They quickly left, never returned and never buried the wire. 

5. I then spoke with a "local supervisor" who had no knowledge of someone showing up at my property that morning and he indicated he was working on the issue and "would get back to me". 

So now we are past 30 days and who knows what is going to happen at this point. The worst part is I've tried to ask both comcast and the local supervisor if they could simply just re-route where the main line comes into the house to the left side of my house. This would literally save them having to bury 150ft+ of cable through a driveway and tree roots which would be replaced by a straight shot through grass to my garage and attic which is only 30 feet away from where the line comes in from the street. Comcast said all they can do is "put it in the notes" and the local supervisor commented that the only way they would do that is to run the wire exposed on the side of my house and leave it like that...such lovely solutions. 

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Thanks for taking the time to write that.  Unfortunately, I can't help you other than to let you know lots of us are in the  very same, very frustrating boat.  Support likes to take this into private messages, which might be necessary for account privacy, but gives the rest of the customers reading here no insight into whether the way they are being treated is simply cruel, or both cruel and unusual.

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