Oh man we had issues all week with our Fios, submitted a ticket and everything, and no one let us know this was going in. Grrr.

Didn’t get the message just the crappy service. That explains it.

It's real - they were doing it in Old Town a couple weeks ago. Xfinity too, must be a system upgrade or something, but it was super annoying.

I gently urge you to consider a counterpoint as to why it is against public interest to have unhoused folks concentrated in one area: it's a public health hazard. I remember NoMa during the height of the pandemic and there were concentrated tent populations during the various underpasses. The (1) close contact between folks and (2) the fact that these underpasses had no running water or garbage collection functions made for very unsanitary conditions. I would purposefully walk around these underpasses, versus going straight through, because of how unsanitary they were AND because I feared for my own safety. I am not without sympathy for these folks. But beyond public safety, we have to weigh the public health risks that come with allowing this concentrated population to stay in place.

Counterpoint why are we okay with restaurants having permanent parklets taking up parking space? I'm talking about the shitty covid ones built in a rush.

But most of those people don’t want the help offered to them. So we should just let them stay?

My apartment building is on Verizon wifi and they also sent us an email like last week about service disruptions, it's legit

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My was RCN internet (whatever top-of-the-line package I have) was so slow last week, my Apple TV wouldn't stream Netflix.

>McPherson Square is not just a homeless encampment, it’s a community.

It's a public park. Calling it a "community" merely institutionalizes homelessness. This is not what I expect in a wealthy, civilized society. It doesn't matter if it's "hypothermia season" because they are already outside, and maybe this will cause some of them to come inside to one of the many empty beds in the shelters.

Yeah.

I also received this. I also have no idea if it's legit.

What makes you question if this is a legitimate message? They aren't asking you to click any links, aren't threatening to kick you off their service if you don't pay X amount now, etc. Seems to be what it appears, a notification of service disruption.

I finally canceled RCN last fall

it was a pun. clearly you didn't get it.

in all sincerity i wish you the best.

Suitland has long been (unofficially) in DC's 9th Ward, so close enough!

None of the dentists I've been to ever mentioned it. They took regular x-rays. I assumed mine would never come out. My parents never had this issue.

Omg. Duh! That was my mistake. Thanks for cleaning up my mess smallteam.

Wasn't smart of you to wait to have them removed.

Well when someone is breaking the law, gets an order from law enforcement, and say no then…yea they are generally forced to comply. Police are far from perfect, but that is why they are called law ENFORCEMENT.

A solution to the problem as a whole is much more complicated and nuanced. If you have children, are disabled, or actively want to be a contributing member of society - housing. If you are severely drug addicted or mentally ill to where you cant be treated + violent - forced institutionalization. If you just want to live with no accountability, don’t want a job, or just just want to use drugs all day with no desire for treatment - go live in the woods where you don’t bother people. There is a lot more nuance & funding constraints here, but that’s my oversimplified 2c.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_QBfJK73-o&t=158s

DC has a right to shelter law when it's freezing. If the regular shelters, low barrier shelters, and overflow shelters are full then they will literally open up government buildings like libraries and rec centers. They will also provide free transportation to those shelters.

So, if you're worried about hypothermia, there are resources and alternatives to the use of McPherson Square as an encampment. Info on the resources:

https://www.streetsensemedia.org/article/find-shelter-winter-hypothermia/#.Y91fdivMJEY

Yeah, there was a long outage recently in NW. Between the poor service and them continually raising their prices, I don't understand why people recommend them.

How do you move people from where they are living when they say "no"? With violence. "Terrorize" really? Don't you think it's far more terrifying for them to be living without a roof over their heads, or heating, with little security, croweded by people who have mental health issues? We're terrorizing them by casting them out of society and then calling on armed police to evict them.

They have had many outages in the past three years, including some that lasted DAYS. I switched to Starry the moment it was offered in my building.