Showing posts with label DSL cable. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DSL cable. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Half of Ten Centuries
Cyndi: Well, here we are again trying to come up with a post at the last minute. Must be the heat and humidity fogging our brains.
Micah: My brain isn't fogging, it's snoring.
Cyndi: I thought it is Jan's brain that's snoring.
Micah: Perhaps. Or fogging. Whichever. It doesn't take much to confuse her as to which day it is any more!
Cyndi: No, but after last week with the internet problems, it's no wonder she has a foggy, snoring brain.
Micah: Right. Jan called our isp (internet service provider) on Monday about our wading through molasses internet speed. It was so slow we published our Tuesday post Wednesday. ( Our Wednesday Tuesday Post ) We didn't know if they fixed it or not because on Tuesday the green high speed cord came apart and Jan had to call again.
Cyndi: At least we had some internet speed when she plugged in our old white phone cord. But was it fixed on Wednesday as promised? We had no way to tell until we got a new green cord.
Micah: She was surprised when she got an automated call just after 5 pm on Friday telling her someone would be here the next morning between 8 am and noon. "Press 1 if you are still having problems." Jan almost followed instructions, but she missed the 1 and disconnected the call.
Cyndi: She went into a panic and immediately called the company. "Don't worry,:" she was told. I see your appointment was changed from Monday to Saturday between 8 am and 7 pm." (What Monday appointment? And the phone robot had said between 8 am and noon.)
Micah: Jan was reassured someone would show up the next morning. She hung up, glanced out the window and there was a company tech approaching our porch. "Is it Saturday already?" she asked. "No, I finished early and your ticket was pulled."
Cyndi: Two hours later we had a new green cord and our internet was bouncing along at the proper speed.
Micah: Jan thanked the nice tech for not showing up the following Monday (yesterday) so he could keep the Saturday appointment last Friday.
Cyndi: And then she was thoroughly confused as to which day is which. But it's all sorted out now because today is a familiar day. It's her birthday.
Micah: I forge. How old Jan is today?
Cyndi: I'm not sure. I think she's half of ten centuries.
Micah: Oh, she's not as old as I thought. She still has a few good years left.
Cyndi: Did you get her anything special?
Micah: I've been lying here thinking she'd probably love to have a fresh caught mouse, but I haven't ever seen a mouse here.
Cyndi: Neither have I, but I've heard you can order anything on Amazon.
Labels:
Birthday,
DSL cable,
internet problems,
present
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Our Wednesday Tuesday Post
Micah: I'm so glad we are finally able to post. I was afraid we were not going to make it for our Tuesday post. But -
Rusty: We didn't make it for our Tuesday post. This is Wednesday. Yesterday was Tuesday.
Micah: Are you sure? We're supposed to post on Tuesday.
Rusty: I'm sure. We were going to post but we've had internet problems again since last Friday and haven't been able to sign in, post comments or sometimes send email.
Micah: Oh, that's right. Jan called our ISP Monday and they "fixed" it from their end but our speed was still so slow it was practically running backward much of the time and we couldn't hold a connection long enough to say hello, let alone write a post.
Rusty: It's supposed to be fixed today; however, yesterday the green high speed DSL cable came apart and Jan had to call back to ask for a replacement. She was told to use the pre-high speed cable until it arrives. So here we are typing on our blog using a regular old jack to DSL cable and, although our high speed is still on vacation, our internet is working.
Micah: In that case, we can write our post.
Rusty: Actually, we can't.
Micah: But our DSL is semi-working.
Rusty: Jan was very specific. We can post on Tuesday and Friday. This is Wednesday. We can't post.
Micah: Seriously?
Rusty: Yes.
Micah: **sigh** In that case, we have no post for today since this is tomorrow instead of yesterday.
Labels:
DSL cable,
internet problems,
slow internet
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