3'o clock-
1-He persuaded me not to bother installing the stealth antenna because he assured me I would get no locals whatsoever. Instead, he suggested I call Voom to upgrade me to a better antenna. It's been about 2 weeks since the install and Voom still is in the process of "approving" the upgrade. Thank god I have cable for the HD locals...
2-Other than that, I'll give the installer some props for figuring out that installing a pole on the back yard would definitely get me a signal, as opposed to installing the dish on the roof. However, even though he was the one who suggested the pole idea, I later caught him on the phone bitching telling the person on the other end that "the customer had requested him to install a pole and he was not anticipating the extra work"
Go figure.
In any event, it cost me $140, even though the cost of the cement plus pole probably was $30...He was going to charge me $2 per foot to bury the cable inground. I passed and did it myself later.
3-Other than installing the pole and the dish, there was not much else he did other than connect the cable to my utility panel (we just finished building the house so I had it networked and prewired for cable and satellite). I did the rest, meaning I installed the box and all the connections. He did make the Voom call to connect my service.
4-As I said, no OTA antenna was connected-therefore, we did not get into the diplexer issue, although he basically said that's the way the do it (i.e., using a diplexer).
5- If you have a tall roof make sure you order the 40footer ladder. It's an extra $40. You need to call them in advance. I had to call and leave three messages before they got back to me. Not a lot of personality or customer service there.
6-Don't get me wrong;the installer was not a bad guy. They're just the type of company you don't want to deal with more than it's strictly necessary.
6-Voom is working flawlessly. All I need at this point is settle the issue of the OTA antenna.
Good luck and start leaving messages.
