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A tale of internetless woe
Tuesday, 20 July 2010 11:42 pmI think I now know the meaning of patience. It involves things like these:
I've had a problem with intermittent connection since last week. My ISP and phone company is TM, and the only reason it's still around is that there's no other reliable (hah) service around, and it controls the landlines anyway. I called the helpline last Tuesday (that would be 13 July) and after the usual (rather inane) questions about lights blinking and switches switched on and buttons pressed, this bit of conversation ensues:
Tech: Ok, go to the Start button, then All Programs, then Accessories, then Command Prompt.
Me: *tries not to bang head against desk*
Tech: Ok, you got that? You see a black box?
Me: *bangs head against desk* Yes.
Tech: Try this: type ping -- Penang, India, Netherlands, Ghana -- and space, then 127.0.0.1. Can you read the statistics on the fifth line?
Me: . . . Yes.
Then we ping more numbers.
( that's just the start )
This entry was written over a course of a week, hoping that it would end with "the internet's back!" each day and I would be able to post it. Took a while, didn't it. I hope I won't be writing another entry tomorrow going through this whole thing again.
I've had a problem with intermittent connection since last week. My ISP and phone company is TM, and the only reason it's still around is that there's no other reliable (hah) service around, and it controls the landlines anyway. I called the helpline last Tuesday (that would be 13 July) and after the usual (rather inane) questions about lights blinking and switches switched on and buttons pressed, this bit of conversation ensues:
Tech: Ok, go to the Start button, then All Programs, then Accessories, then Command Prompt.
Me: *tries not to bang head against desk*
Tech: Ok, you got that? You see a black box?
Me: *bangs head against desk* Yes.
Tech: Try this: type ping -- Penang, India, Netherlands, Ghana -- and space, then 127.0.0.1. Can you read the statistics on the fifth line?
Me: . . . Yes.
Then we ping more numbers.
( that's just the start )
This entry was written over a course of a week, hoping that it would end with "the internet's back!" each day and I would be able to post it. Took a while, didn't it. I hope I won't be writing another entry tomorrow going through this whole thing again.
