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Moment of panic.
Nov. 28th, 2005 11:23 amSo there I was, doing research for my oral presentation in Italian today, when my dialup connection flaked out on me.
Yay.
Redial.
No dialtone.
I then proceeded to panic and freak out and "did I not pay them?!" and then called my landline from my cellphone. The landline phone did not ring, but I got my voice mail, eventually. This means my phone line had not been cut off.
I started pacing, checking for a dialtone every few seconds. Nothing. Nothing! I was preparing to call Bell to bitch them out from my cell when I looked at my DSL modem.
THE DSL LIGHT WAS ON.
I hit talk on my cordless phone. THERE WAS A DIALTONE. PRAISE JESUS.
Of course, my DSL light on my modem being on does not, in any way, suggest I actually have DSL access at the moment. It's actually staying on for five seconds, then blinking off for half a second, so something's still fucked up, but IT SO IS NOT ME. And my phone line hasn't been cut off. Which is, you know, nice, since I'm not actually having to worry about something like that four hours before I have to leave for class, while writing an oral presentation.
I am on dialup again at the moment, but I keep looking over at the modem with lots of hope. After all, a flickering DSL light is better than no DSL light at all, right? Right.
Yay.
Redial.
No dialtone.
I then proceeded to panic and freak out and "did I not pay them?!" and then called my landline from my cellphone. The landline phone did not ring, but I got my voice mail, eventually. This means my phone line had not been cut off.
I started pacing, checking for a dialtone every few seconds. Nothing. Nothing! I was preparing to call Bell to bitch them out from my cell when I looked at my DSL modem.
THE DSL LIGHT WAS ON.
I hit talk on my cordless phone. THERE WAS A DIALTONE. PRAISE JESUS.
Of course, my DSL light on my modem being on does not, in any way, suggest I actually have DSL access at the moment. It's actually staying on for five seconds, then blinking off for half a second, so something's still fucked up, but IT SO IS NOT ME. And my phone line hasn't been cut off. Which is, you know, nice, since I'm not actually having to worry about something like that four hours before I have to leave for class, while writing an oral presentation.
I am on dialup again at the moment, but I keep looking over at the modem with lots of hope. After all, a flickering DSL light is better than no DSL light at all, right? Right.
