People in Connecticut call 9-1-1 because the cable was out and they couldn't watch Breaking Bad

Connecticut - The Fairfield Police Department was not amused and took to its Facebook page to post a refresher course on using its emergency system. The message read:  

"The Fairfield Police Department was not amused and took to its Facebook page to post a refresher course on using its emergency system. The message read: "We are receiving numerous 911 calls regarding the Cablevison outage. This is neither an emergency or a police related concern. Please direct your inquiries to Cablevision. 911 should only be called for Life Threatening Emergencies ONLY. Incidents that are not of an emergency nature may be reported to the Fairfield Police Department. ... Misuse of the 911 system may result in an arrest."  

Among the many comments about being unable to watch "Breaking Bad": "Yes, this was a huge misuse of 911," one comment read, "but privately, I think it was kind. Of. Awesome. Tonight's breaking bad was super intense and Very riveting by every second. Obviously these folks were not thinking rationally when reaching for the phone."

http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-connecticut-cablevision-subscribers-call-911-after-cable-outage-fairfield-police-not-amused-20130819,0,4320826.story

I'm on the side of the people here. I mean, every last person who works for a cable company should be in jail. It's pretty much a controlled monopoly. Slow Internet, shitty T.V. service, and the one show that's actually worth a shit on regular cable, you can't even watch?


What other avenue do people have other than call 9-1-1 when cable goes out? You call the cable company when your service is down. Sit on hold for an hour. Talk to some robot/person in India. They give you pretty sound technical advice like "unplug your router and plug it back in". Your problem never gets resolved 100% of the time. Then they tell you they'll send a technician over in two weeks between the hours of 6:00am and 11:00pm.

The problem with 9-1-1 is, they give a shit. They always answer. The cable company, they don't give a shit. They do everything in their power to not connect you with a live person. My advice to 9-1-1, stop answering every call if you don't want people calling. There, problem solved.