Got up this morning, noticed the modem lights were blinking again and the firewall was going nuts. Went to check the web, and I was back in business. Total outage time was about 24 hours (which, BTW, makes this only the fourth longest outage I've had since getting the cable modem -- @Home had me down for more that two days twice.
The automated message was "three days" for N. Seattle, so I'm impressed with AT&T's ability to get the network back. I'm definitely not happy with the 1.5Mb ceiling -- on a Sunday morning I should be absolutely flying, but right now it's eeking along However, I am willing to delay judgement on them -- at least until the Olympics (and the far superior Canadian coverage on CBC) is over.
If I dump AT&T, I'm dumping everything AT&T -- cable and cable modem. They'll be off the list for wireless, LD, weed 'n' feed, whatever. They are warned.
The difference is that Google isn't relying on the Usenet to survive. They have the teat of Yahoo to suckle at from now until some hot search engine startup pushes them away.
Remind me never to work for you.
I know full well that if you knew the right info on me you could dig up the 3500+ posts I've made to the groups over the years. And honestly, I don't care. I knew full well anyone could find them. 50% were work related, the other 50% stuff you would never understand. If you want to go through every single thing I've said on the Usenet, be my guest. Just remember that I can do the same with you, and as Google continues to dredge up the detritus of the last twenty years for all to see, you may find me quoting some interesting things in the interview....
I got a job because of the Usenet. I kid you not.
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Got up this morning, noticed the modem lights were blinking again and the firewall was going nuts. Went to check the web, and I was back in business. Total outage time was about 24 hours (which, BTW, makes this only the fourth longest outage I've had since getting the cable modem -- @Home had me down for more that two days twice.
The automated message was "three days" for N. Seattle, so I'm impressed with AT&T's ability to get the network back. I'm definitely not happy with the 1.5Mb ceiling -- on a Sunday morning I should be absolutely flying, but right now it's eeking along However, I am willing to delay judgement on them -- at least until the Olympics (and the far superior Canadian coverage on CBC) is over.
If I dump AT&T, I'm dumping everything AT&T -- cable and cable modem. They'll be off the list for wireless, LD, weed 'n' feed, whatever. They are warned.
The difference is that Google isn't relying on the Usenet to survive. They have the teat of Yahoo to suckle at from now until some hot search engine startup pushes them away.
Remind me never to work for you. I know full well that if you knew the right info on me you could dig up the 3500+ posts I've made to the groups over the years. And honestly, I don't care. I knew full well anyone could find them. 50% were work related, the other 50% stuff you would never understand. If you want to go through every single thing I've said on the Usenet, be my guest. Just remember that I can do the same with you, and as Google continues to dredge up the detritus of the last twenty years for all to see, you may find me quoting some interesting things in the interview.... I got a job because of the Usenet. I kid you not.