[thechat] Broadband
Chris Evans
chris at fuseware.com
Mon Jun 4 20:32:12 CDT 2001
So finally I get broadband - cable modem, new in the area. I sit and surf
at 1 meg/sec - loving life. I decide to splurge, get the Linksys wireless
router and wireless card, and start surfin' on my deck on the laptop unwired
( well, for 3 hours until my laptop battery gives out). So last week, the
cable company facks up a router, and I'm without a internet connection for a
week - just came back up an hour ago.
Even though my dial-up was slow, it was dependable. I wanted to tell these
cable bastards not to fack up again, or I would cancel. Then I realized I
had no other broadband options. DSL, other cable providers, satellite -
nope. I already looked into them all, and none in my area. It's like
losing power for a week. Not much you can do. Hell, if you lose power, you
always have the option of buying a generator. Don't know of a broadband
generator.
It's like an addiction. I hope the broadband doesn't go down again. I
really need my fix.
Chris Evans
chris at fuseware.com
http://www.fuseware.com
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