Lack of internet makes Misty an unhappy camper
So. Yesterday, I was in the midst of editing categories on this site, and the pages refused to load. I took a look at my modem and it wasn’t being as blinky as usual. I reset the modem twice, and still nothing. I called Charter, and it still didn’t work. I decided to take the modem to the local office and trade it in.
As I was leaving, I found this little door-knob flyer telling me that Charter was combining the cable systems in my building. (Charter bought Astound last year, and apparently Astound’s lines are newer.) I traded the modem and spent over an hour last night re-wiring my apartment to hook into the Astound jack. There was much cursing on my and my husband’s parts.
The net still isn’t up. I’m at my dad’s store Dijital Majik Computer Clinic checking email and doing a very scaled down version of my activities. There’s a lot I want to post and comment on, especially the stuff happening to Kathy Sierra, but it’ll have to wait until I can be at home and have time to compose my thoughts.
This should be on Thursday, as the tech I talked to last night said that was the earliest he could schedule a support call, because apparently NO ONE knew about the combining of cable systems in my building. Since I have neither internet nor television, I’m considered a priority. With my luck, they’ll probably want to come earlier when I’m at work tomorrow.
Anyway, that’s the scoop. If you’re here from Twitter, I have notifications turned off because we don’t subscribe to a text messaging package. If you want to text me or call me directly, the number is 320.282.8135. I’m at work from 3-6 CDT today and 1-9:30 tomorrow night. Like I said, I should be back up on Thursday.
