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...And I bet nobody noticed I was gone...
Our telco offered us the oppourtunity to have "cable" added to our current telephone and internet bundle, and knock about $20 off our current monthly fee for three years.
How could we not say no to that?
(also, our access speed improved some as well)
However, the day after we were upgraded, the internet connection quit on us.
(which also knocked out our television. Lucky we hadn't taken down the antenna yet)
Now, my dad needs an internet connection to work from home (and he's sure not going over to the office just to do a small amount of work, especially as he's only working part time due to long-term disabilities), and I need an internet connection (and not just because I can't live without it, the courses I'm taking now send me e-mails about assignments and one has an online quiz), so not having internet for a day was not good.
A service call was scheduled for the next day, and we pretty much left things as they were.
Next day we find out that the call was actually scheduled for the day after that, which meant that we were without Internet and digital TV for two days.
In an attempt to get some actual work done, I went over to my Grandmother's house and borrowed her Internet connection, taking my old, slightly broken laptop with me so I had all the links I needed.
I managed to get most of the homework I knew about done, with a little bit left over for Monday, when I knew I'd be on campus long enough to finish it off.
As it turns out, on the third day without Internet, it "magically" started working again.
Apparently, our telco is pretty new to the TV over Ethernet thing (as in, maybe two or three years), and they're still figuring out how it works and what breaks it.
For example, so far they've figured out that peer-to-peer file sharing programs (BitTorrent, LimeWire, etc) can run with seeding using 100% of the uplink, leaving none for anything else to send their responses to downloads, including the set-top-box, which kind of acts like it crashed.
Anyway, somebody apparently saw that something was wrong and tried to fix it, but only made it worse.
So now, as you might be able to tell, I now have Internet back.
And, if I wanted to use it (which I really don't right now), I can use our wireless network (which has been secured at least a little bit), but after using it almost half the day and struggling with it dropping out every once in a while, I don't think I ever want to use a wireless network unless I absolutely have to, or if I get a new wireless card or laptop.
Talk about your excitement for the week...
Our telco offered us the oppourtunity to have "cable" added to our current telephone and internet bundle, and knock about $20 off our current monthly fee for three years.
How could we not say no to that?
(also, our access speed improved some as well)
However, the day after we were upgraded, the internet connection quit on us.
(which also knocked out our television. Lucky we hadn't taken down the antenna yet)
Now, my dad needs an internet connection to work from home (and he's sure not going over to the office just to do a small amount of work, especially as he's only working part time due to long-term disabilities), and I need an internet connection (and not just because I can't live without it, the courses I'm taking now send me e-mails about assignments and one has an online quiz), so not having internet for a day was not good.
A service call was scheduled for the next day, and we pretty much left things as they were.
Next day we find out that the call was actually scheduled for the day after that, which meant that we were without Internet and digital TV for two days.
In an attempt to get some actual work done, I went over to my Grandmother's house and borrowed her Internet connection, taking my old, slightly broken laptop with me so I had all the links I needed.
I managed to get most of the homework I knew about done, with a little bit left over for Monday, when I knew I'd be on campus long enough to finish it off.
As it turns out, on the third day without Internet, it "magically" started working again.
Apparently, our telco is pretty new to the TV over Ethernet thing (as in, maybe two or three years), and they're still figuring out how it works and what breaks it.
For example, so far they've figured out that peer-to-peer file sharing programs (BitTorrent, LimeWire, etc) can run with seeding using 100% of the uplink, leaving none for anything else to send their responses to downloads, including the set-top-box, which kind of acts like it crashed.
Anyway, somebody apparently saw that something was wrong and tried to fix it, but only made it worse.
So now, as you might be able to tell, I now have Internet back.
And, if I wanted to use it (which I really don't right now), I can use our wireless network (which has been secured at least a little bit), but after using it almost half the day and struggling with it dropping out every once in a while, I don't think I ever want to use a wireless network unless I absolutely have to, or if I get a new wireless card or laptop.
Talk about your excitement for the week...
