OMFG!

[mbarrick]

I miss Mindlink/Paralynx. I'm still in Telus hell. As previously mentioned my phone started working Monday. My ADSL line also clicked in. I worked for about two hours before the modem died. This morning I went for a walk to replace it (at least they didn't give me grief about having bought it more than 30 days ago). The new one worked. All was fine - then I tried to go into their *cough* "lovely" online customer access interface to register the MAC address of my server so I could *finally* find out what my IP address will be. Well, my "two 'static' IP address" account is only showing fields to register *one* MAC address. Now that all the hardware is working, my account is FUBAR'd on the software side. Foolishly I tried registering the MAC address of my server, the only thing this accomplished was to screw up my laptop's connection. Good thing my "roaming" dial-up access is working.

Let's compare all this to the service I got from Mindlink/Paralynx with my old connection. They told me as soon as I registered with them what my IP address would be. They waived any install charges because they knew me and knew I wasn't going to need any help getting my PC set up. The only glitch I had with them was an unexpected wait for Telus to release a port to them to resell to me, noting of course that the problem was with Telus, not them. Unfortunately Paralynx doesn't do small-business connectivity anymore and sold those services to another company that is even more fucked up than Telus (which is almost an accomplishment, in a perverse kind of way).

You know what I did get working today? My grandmother's coo-coo clock. There are times when I really enjoy 19th century machines. You can open them up and just see how everything works. I've had the thing in a box for years. It just looked out of place in the industrial live/work studios I've been living in and there was no place for it in the house. Here, however, it is remarkably suitable. As I unpack (I can walk around now, but there is a ways to go yet) I am feeling very comfortably here. This really is the right kind of space for me. I've got just the right amount of room. The cats seem to like it. I like it.

Not that there aren't a million other things to write about right now, but there are also a million things to do. Once I finish settling in we will return to our regularly scheduled programme of my ordinary day to day banality.

Comments

[evilyn13.livejournal.com]

i feel your pain, telus licks dead cow balls.

[mediavictim.livejournal.com]

cows don't have balls

ROFL!!!

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

Good point! Kinda like the joke about the rooster laying an egg on the roof...

[valerian.livejournal.com]

There are times when I really enjoy 19th century machines. You can open them up and just see how everything works.

Yeah, even some 20th century machines...I taught myself how to fix VCR's by trial and error alone. It was quite easy actually. Some parts move and some don't. Pretty hard to screw up. But stick a chip in something and I'm damned if I'm going to take it apart.

Unfortunately Paralynx doesn't do small-business connectivity anymore and sold those services to another company that is even more fucked up than Telus (which is almost an accomplishment, in a perverse kind of way).

I'll say. Just ask Christine & Michael. They're still being billed for dial-up despite the fact they've had ADSL for two years (not that they're complaining....).

[mediavictim.livejournal.com]

"You know what I did get working today? My grandmother's coo-coo clock. There are times when I really enjoy 19th century machines."

Thank god Telus didn't exist in the 19th century.

They would lay off all their "difference engine" staff and wonder why they couldn't keep good accounting records.

They would cut back to one Telegraph line so it would be
impossible to contact them to fix your lines.

If it takes them a few weeks now to get service to you .. can you imagine their service record when all they have is horse and carridge.

They would try to aquire to contracts for the Gaslights maintennance.

The Spinning Jenny by Telus would only weave one size of clothing
but call it "CUSTOMIZABLE" (ie You still have to get it Tailored yourself)

The Future Would Still be Friendly ... because there would
be no communication and people would remain blissfully ignorant
of what people think of them..