Life changing change

[susandennis]

My condo building is a 100+ year old railroad warehouse that two women developed into condos. I moved in as soon as they were done - 1992. One of the features of the new place was one I grabbed onto with gusto. A front door camera!  You could punch up channel 20 on your TV and see the front door. If someone comes to visit, they punch you in on the directory at the front door, you can see them on the TV and let them in by hitting #9 on your phone.

I LOVE Front Door TV Network.  I keep it on any time I'm home and not watching a program. It's highly entertaining.



When I started working from home in 2005, it became my all day companion.  I love it. I watch people move in and people move out. People get groceries delivered and flowers.  Visitors come on game days with pizza and beer.  I can see when neighbor Ann comes in from the gym and meet her at the elevator if I want to catch her for something.

So handy and so fun.

And... today... I found out it will soon be gone.

I knew we were living on borrowed time the minute Comcast announced the end of analog channels.  We've had several good years since then, but a few weeks ago they actually did kill all the analog channels.  This one remains because of an antiquated box in the manager's office.  The manager told me today that Comcast is going to come up and upgrade my entertainment out of existence, soon.

When they first started with digital channels, we had Front Door TV on one of them.  But, only for about six months and then it went away and never came back.  

Now it is all going and I'll never know who's going and who's coming if the new owners have the coolest furniture or the tackiest.  I'll never know when the mail comes.  Sigh.

At least he told me it's coming so I can mentally prepare.  TiVo has a slideshow from Piccassa that maybe I'll toss up there for amusement.  But for now, I'll just enjoy the last days of my old friend,  Front Door TV Network.

Comments

[brendamom.livejournal.com]

Front door network sounds so fun...sorry it is gone.

[cienna2000.livejournal.com]

Boo! I'm sorry you are losing Front Door TV Network. That sounds like it would be fun to watch.

[fyremaven.livejournal.com]

But if that was one of the amenities when you moved in, then surely the HOA or whoever HAS to continue it? Can't they look into some sort of short circuit TV or whatever? Live stream security cam? Sounds highly entertaining.

Check it out; don't let it go without a quibble.

[katbyte.livejournal.com]

What about a dropcam at the front door?

[(Anonymous)]

Hi Susan - I can check with my local contacts if there is a way to get your Frontdoor channel on one of the digital channels. Feel free to contact me with your account and contact info and a link to this page.

Thanks,

Mark Casem
Comcast Corp.
National Customer Operations
We_can_help@cable.comcast.com

a contractor who worked for me had something similar

[henare.livejournal.com]

but he could manage it with his mobile, so he'd answer the door at his apt from his mobile at work ... see who it was ... and let them in (typically it was some package delivery thing). now *that* was cool!

Re: a contractor who worked for me had something similar

[susandennis]

I do that!!

And it's even better... if I forget my key, I can go to the front door, punch in my unit on the wall thing and then pull the phone out of my pocket and answer it and let myself in!!!