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ARGH.
The Continuing Stooooooory of Telephone Lines and Internet Access
(Or: Why I Am Going to Maim All Bell Canada Workers)
10:30am: Bell Canada Dude comes by, rings the bell, wakes me out of a dead sleep (advice to anyone who wants it: Watching The Box, The Box II, The Coup, Page 47 and The Prophecy [those are five consecutive Alias Season 1 episodes] right before bed causes some REALLY STRANGE DREAMS in which you counsel Will Tippin in matters of the heart.), checks the line in the garage of the building to find no signal, comes upstairs and checks for a signal in my jacks, finds nothing, then goes about his business somewhere that's not my apartment.
11:25am: Comes back, asks me to take out his signal checker (which now has a green light on it) from my jack and plug in my phone. Hooray! I have a dialtone! I thank Dude. Dude leaves.
11:35am: Come to the realization that I don't have a DSL light on my modem.
11:36am: Call Bell Sympatico Tech Support. Explain to the nice lady that I have no DSL light, and haven't, since my line went dead at 2:30pm the day before. Nice Lady puts me on hold.
11:48am: Am transferred to another tech because I was on hold for too long.
11:49am: Attempt to convince New Tech Lady that I am not an idiot and I've done NOTHING, it's just that my LINE WAS DEAD yesterday and it's clear that the tech who was here DID something, and yes, IT IS PLUGGED IN. New Tech Lady puts me on hold after I answer all her lame-ass questions that she is required to ask.
11:56am: New Tech Lady comes back. Explains that Bell Canada Dude forgot to open the line for DSL or something along those lines. And that they have to make an appointment for this sort of thing. And because it's New Year's, it could take until Wednesday before I have DSL again.
Honestly, I want to cry. And sleep. And I want to hurt these bastards.
The bonus is I have free dialup again until my line is fixed. I have arranged my modem on my desk so that I can see the lights (or lack thereof) from the couch.
Did Mercury go retrograde again or what? No one should have to deal with this kind of crap on their ONE WEEK OFF.
I am now going to go kill pixelated things because that will make me feel better.
(Or: Why I Am Going to Maim All Bell Canada Workers)
10:30am: Bell Canada Dude comes by, rings the bell, wakes me out of a dead sleep (advice to anyone who wants it: Watching The Box, The Box II, The Coup, Page 47 and The Prophecy [those are five consecutive Alias Season 1 episodes] right before bed causes some REALLY STRANGE DREAMS in which you counsel Will Tippin in matters of the heart.), checks the line in the garage of the building to find no signal, comes upstairs and checks for a signal in my jacks, finds nothing, then goes about his business somewhere that's not my apartment.
11:25am: Comes back, asks me to take out his signal checker (which now has a green light on it) from my jack and plug in my phone. Hooray! I have a dialtone! I thank Dude. Dude leaves.
11:35am: Come to the realization that I don't have a DSL light on my modem.
11:36am: Call Bell Sympatico Tech Support. Explain to the nice lady that I have no DSL light, and haven't, since my line went dead at 2:30pm the day before. Nice Lady puts me on hold.
11:48am: Am transferred to another tech because I was on hold for too long.
11:49am: Attempt to convince New Tech Lady that I am not an idiot and I've done NOTHING, it's just that my LINE WAS DEAD yesterday and it's clear that the tech who was here DID something, and yes, IT IS PLUGGED IN. New Tech Lady puts me on hold after I answer all her lame-ass questions that she is required to ask.
11:56am: New Tech Lady comes back. Explains that Bell Canada Dude forgot to open the line for DSL or something along those lines. And that they have to make an appointment for this sort of thing. And because it's New Year's, it could take until Wednesday before I have DSL again.
Honestly, I want to cry. And sleep. And I want to hurt these bastards.
The bonus is I have free dialup again until my line is fixed. I have arranged my modem on my desk so that I can see the lights (or lack thereof) from the couch.
Did Mercury go retrograde again or what? No one should have to deal with this kind of crap on their ONE WEEK OFF.
I am now going to go kill pixelated things because that will make me feel better.