Re: Fail Modem

to! The Internet doesn't stand still and my download list is getting steep. With some of these links it's a matter of get 'em while they're hot!

I was reading somewhere (it must have been online, since books are obsolete) that on a 'noisy' phone line a 56k modem will fall back to 33.6 kbit/s mode. That sounds like what I described above, which brings us back to the phone company.

*drop*

Their crap infrastructure has caused me to rage many a time; I've cursed aloud upon their name. The challenge was to call them and be civil when, if wishes were horses, my telecom provider would be stomped to death beneath their thundering hooves. But since I don't purchase my Internet access from them, they aren't likely to be sympathetic about my connection problems.

*drop*

Last time this happened, I waited a month before contacting them, and so it was again. After dusting off the telephone and plugging it into the back of my computer, I called customer service. They actually managed to sound happy to talk to me, and when I told them that my computer wouldn't stay connected to the Internet they didn't even question it. The rep cheerily promised to send someone out to fix it within 48 hours, and asked if I'd like to sign up for their high-speed internet at an amazing low price, with free installation.

Telemarketing in the middle of a service request. At least they didn't call and wake me up to do it like they used to.



Anyway, I'd done everything I could and the cavalry was on the way. Within two days my connection problems would be over.

*drop*

ighting off a badger attack! And then it does that Zaxxon thing...

Heeeeeeeeeeee...


...hoooooooooooo


Whew! I've got to reinstall my Agere driver, sort this problem out, and get back to downloading pron*drop*