I just spent the hols back east with family. At my mom's, I was at the mercy of the slowest dialup known to man (connect, wait five minutes, read "Page Load Error," disconnect, repeat at least 15 times, scream at random intervals). At my brother's, I got to "enjoy" Comcast's stellar blessings. Much faster, indeed, but he had to go downstairs to reset the router at LEAST once a day, and sometimes even that didn't do it. I don't believe I was there on a Saturday, so I can't add to that database, but I can confirm that my brother, a high-level computer programmer and consequently quite proficient at all things technical, was talking about getting Fios (that's how it's spelled, yes?), even though it would mean digging a long, long trench through the front yard.
Technology is a wonderful thing, but only when it WORKS!
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Date: 2009-01-04 04:12 pm (UTC)I just spent the hols back east with family. At my mom's, I was at the mercy of the slowest dialup known to man (connect, wait five minutes, read "Page Load Error," disconnect, repeat at least 15 times, scream at random intervals). At my brother's, I got to "enjoy" Comcast's stellar blessings. Much faster, indeed, but he had to go downstairs to reset the router at LEAST once a day, and sometimes even that didn't do it. I don't believe I was there on a Saturday, so I can't add to that database, but I can confirm that my brother, a high-level computer programmer and consequently quite proficient at all things technical, was talking about getting Fios (that's how it's spelled, yes?), even though it would mean digging a long, long trench through the front yard.
Technology is a wonderful thing, but only when it WORKS!
~hugs~
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