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perldiver at 01:10am on 25/02/2010
perldiver at 01:10am on 25/02/2010Grumble, grumble, whinge, moan, complain.
Nothing to see here, move along.
What, you want the details? Fine.
I bought Comcast's Internet package, because my building has an exclusive contract with them...feh. Then it turned out I needed to buy a phone line as well, because some unknown time ago the building decided to rip out the existing intercom system and replace it with a newer system that calls your phone. Why this is an improvement (especially since the intercom unit is still installed!), I'm not sure, but it means that the intercom does not work (and, therefore, there is no way to buzz the UPS guy in) unless you have a 415 phone number.
Ok, so far none of this is Comcast's fault. Of course, they didn't bother to tell me that before I could set up the phone to forward to my cell, I needed a landline phone in order to physically plug it in and do the initial setup. When I called and found that out, they didn't tell me that I need to plug it in to the modem, not the walljack.
And, just to add insult to injury, just today I /stumbled over WebPass; they give 45Mbps UP AND DOWN (!!) for $45 / month. And pretty much every review of them says that they use bridges only because walking on water is tiring. Unfortunately, they do not service my building (i.e., it was built before buildings were routinely equipped with Ethernet to ever unit).
Nothing to see here, move along.
What, you want the details? Fine.
I bought Comcast's Internet package, because my building has an exclusive contract with them...feh. Then it turned out I needed to buy a phone line as well, because some unknown time ago the building decided to rip out the existing intercom system and replace it with a newer system that calls your phone. Why this is an improvement (especially since the intercom unit is still installed!), I'm not sure, but it means that the intercom does not work (and, therefore, there is no way to buzz the UPS guy in) unless you have a 415 phone number.
Ok, so far none of this is Comcast's fault. Of course, they didn't bother to tell me that before I could set up the phone to forward to my cell, I needed a landline phone in order to physically plug it in and do the initial setup. When I called and found that out, they didn't tell me that I need to plug it in to the modem, not the walljack.
And, just to add insult to injury, just today I /stumbled over WebPass; they give 45Mbps UP AND DOWN (!!) for $45 / month. And pretty much every review of them says that they use bridges only because walking on water is tiring. Unfortunately, they do not service my building (i.e., it was built before buildings were routinely equipped with Ethernet to ever unit).
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