Back again..

Jeff-Groves · 09-19-23, 01:05 PM

Ain't never had the Service providers do the inside of my house.
Then again? I was THE FIRST ISP in my area. Yeah way back in the days of Dial Up internet. PRE-56K! Sold the crap outta internet access in those early days!

Any customer had a problem? I was the Guy that went and fixed it.
Now I have a Cable feed at 400Mbps. Own my own Router that handles 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi covers my whole house and over 30 yards around us!

ET2SN · 09-20-23, 12:18 AM

...annnd, I'm back to square frikken' one.

Basically, the local public works doesn't want to touch this place (housing for disabled and elderly, btw) because they don't know how or don't give two squirts about running optic cable inside the walls.

So, it was either duct tape a router in one of my closets and tape phone lines to the walls or the floor OR just say "See ya later".

To top this off, my 'net dropped again just before the tech showed up to give me the bad news.

The local tech says, "Yeah, we were out to check on a site where they want to dig some holes and the Century Link folks didn't bother to show up. Most of the town got dis-connected by a back hoe.

Luckily, I never went into D.I./P-O'd Sailor Mode on a human being from Century Link. I also never dropped the bomb that I wanted to shred my contract. The local Century Link folks had a pretty good clue I was more than ready to bail on them but I stayed polite the whole time.

Watch this thread to see how it blows up.

You just know that someone's going to do some extra thinking.

Jimbuna · 09-24-23, 09:51 AM

Hoping for an eventual successful outcome.

Aktungbby · 09-24-23, 11:33 AM

I remember when 'frikken one' was a verb and not a location...but that was back in the the the 20th century when the ''fascinating modern age we live in" wasn't such a ceaseless pain in the ass... I recently had to reboot my new solar system so I could use my new(high learning curve) G5 phone to monitor my kilowatt sales to murderous arsonist: PG&E

ET2SN · 09-29-23, 04:35 PM

I'm currently hitch hiking on a neighbor's wifi and I'm trying to take it easy on the guy.

C/L decided that I didn't need to inform them to drop me as a customer so they dumped my 'net AND my home phone.

Someone jumped WAY to quick and now everyone is in apology mode.
My old connection and phone should be up by Wednesday, but I've been hearing stuff like that a LOT in the last month.

Saying this was frustrating would be an understatement.

More next week..

09-24-23, 09:51 AM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,645 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Hoping for an eventual successful outcome. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

09-24-23, 11:33 AM	#4
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,031 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I remember when 'frikken one' was a verb and not a location...but that was back in the the the 20th century when the ''fascinating modern age we live in" wasn't such a ceaseless pain in the ass... I recently had to reboot my new solar system so I could use my new(high learning curve) G5 phone to monitor my kilowatt sales to murderous arsonist: PG&E __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

09-19-23, 01:05 PM	#1
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,654 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	Ain't never had the Service providers do the inside of my house. Then again? I was THE FIRST ISP in my area. Yeah way back in the days of Dial Up internet. PRE-56K! Sold the crap outta internet access in those early days! Any customer had a problem? I was the Guy that went and fixed it. Now I have a Cable feed at 400Mbps. Own my own Router that handles 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi covers my whole house and over 30 yards around us!

09-20-23, 12:18 AM	#2
ET2SN Ocean Warrior Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 2,652 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	...annnd, I'm back to square frikken' one. Basically, the local public works doesn't want to touch this place (housing for disabled and elderly, btw) because they don't know how or don't give two squirts about running optic cable inside the walls. So, it was either duct tape a router in one of my closets and tape phone lines to the walls or the floor OR just say "See ya later". To top this off, my 'net dropped again just before the tech showed up to give me the bad news. The local tech says, "Yeah, we were out to check on a site where they want to dig some holes and the Century Link folks didn't bother to show up. Most of the town got dis-connected by a back hoe. Luckily, I never went into D.I./P-O'd Sailor Mode on a human being from Century Link. I also never dropped the bomb that I wanted to shred my contract. The local Century Link folks had a pretty good clue I was more than ready to bail on them but I stayed polite the whole time. Watch this thread to see how it blows up. You just know that someone's going to do some extra thinking.

09-29-23, 04:35 PM	#5
ET2SN Ocean Warrior Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 2,652 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	I'm currently hitch hiking on a neighbor's wifi and I'm trying to take it easy on the guy. C/L decided that I didn't need to inform them to drop me as a customer so they dumped my 'net AND my home phone. Someone jumped WAY to quick and now everyone is in apology mode. My old connection and phone should be up by Wednesday, but I've been hearing stuff like that a LOT in the last month. Saying this was frustrating would be an understatement. More next week..