ugh on dialup

[Shawn]

cable has been out since 11 this morning. apparently the whole street is out. they told us they probably wouldn't have anyone out until tomorrow but I guess enough people on my street complained so they sent someone out today. he was out there for an hour then left. didn't fix a thing. just got home from work and was hoping it'd be fixed but now. but nope. no tv and no internet. ugh........ I'm stuck with netzero dialup for now.

 

[InlineFive]

Do you think it would be a good idea to keep a spare dialup internet account around for backup?

 

[Shawn]

eh? I'm just using my grandfather's netzero high speed account. It sucks though. In order to use the compression I have to use IE. :thumbsdown:

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: PorBleemo
Do you think it would be a good idea to keep a spare dialup internet account around for backup?

Yes. I use Access-4-Free. Works for me.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Supercharged
eh? I'm just using my grandfather's netzero high speed account. It sucks though. In order to use the compression I have to use IE. :thumbsdown:

You have my deepest condolences

 

[Shawn]

thank god. cable is back up. I was without cable internet and tv for 36 hours. wtf? they got our electricity back on after the hurricanes in less time.

 

[Aftermath]

A few weeks ago, on a Monday evening: Cable TV was fine, internet was down. It had been down for about six hours or so, I decide to call customer service to report and/or ask if they were aware of the situation. (Forced) technical support consisted of, reboot the modem, unplug then replug the coax, reboot the modem a few more times, jiggle the handle on the toilet, push the keys while turning, and finally, reboot the PC. Eventually the woman I was talking to gave up and decided that the line was actually down and said that they could have someone come out and take a look at the feed as early as next Thursday.

At that point I just hung up on her and waited for it to come back up. Which it did, roughly two hours later.

I hate Comcast.

 

[HermDogg]

Originally posted by: Supercharged
thank god. cable is back up. I was without cable internet and tv for 36 hours. wtf? they got our electricity back on after the hurricanes in less time.

Cable =/= electricity after hurricane.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: HermDogg

Originally posted by: Supercharged
thank god. cable is back up. I was without cable internet and tv for 36 hours. wtf? they got our electricity back on after the hurricanes in less time.

Cable =/= electricity after hurricane.

exactly. so it should not take as long.