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What I think I would try I that situation is to change the address. Pick a nonexistent address on the same street, and order service at that address. Change the numbers on the house to match and make sure they are prominent so any people dispatch there will find it.

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This actually fits in nicely with the Comcast "rinse and repeat" method. Keep calling back asking the same question until you get the answer you want.

Maybe he should have just submitted phantom requests from every address on his street under different pseudonyms. Eventually someone might have made the mistake of initiating the construction... or a regional manager may have unlocked the project due to perceived demand!

I love that idea. In some situations there's actually a USPS process for changing the number address of a plot of land. I remember the first house my parents bought had two valid addresses until they got everyone using the same one.

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