Doug - you are a wise man.

I remember when they installed cable in our new to us house about 20 years ago. I was not home. They did not lift the newly installed carpet to run the wire - not part of the free installation.

They did run BLACK co-ax cable completely over the top of the baseboard and around some cabinets very visible and stapled to the interior walls of the living room, dining room and the hallways.

When I got home, the cable company immediately sent someone to my house after hours to remove the black co-ax as well as everything else when I got done with them. My husband was furious with me that he was going to do without cable tv after that episode. Eventually, they did come back with white coax that went under the carpet and I did not pay for the installation either, although it was an item they were supposed to charge for.