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[leighblack]

So, who do you use for internet access? My Earthlink/Qwest DSL is shit and when my modem broke AGAIN last night and their customer service refused to help me reset set it and claimed it was a problem with the phone line even though I told them about a hundred times that it's NOT THE LINE IT'S THE MODEM JUST LIKE IT IS EVERY TIME I CALL I decided that I'm just getting a new internet service. Because that is the stupidest fucking thing I've heard. Especially when they wanted to charge me for a new modem.

So who do you have? Are you happy with it? My choices are pretty limited, especially since I am dead set against getting another DSL. Which pretty much leaves me with the evils of Comcast. My parents have Comcast so I know all about their slow times. But seriously? My DSL stops working EVERY SINGLE NIGHT from about 6-9pm. Just stops. No internet connection at all. So sometimes slow Comcast internet can't be any worse than that.

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[seimaisin.livejournal.com]

We have Comcast, and it works well enough, I suppose. I still mourn the loss of Time Warner, with whom we never had any problems. But, Comcast hasn't actually gone out on us lately, which is an improvement over last year. So, maybe they're getting better?

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

At this point, I'll take service that works well enough. I think I'm lucky in that my 'Burb isn't very big so there won't be zillions of people on the line.

Do you guys have it hooked up to a wireless router? Do you think I'm smart enough to figure out how to do that? The cable outlet is on the other side of the room from my desk, so I'm probably going to move it to wireless.

[seimaisin.livejournal.com]

We do have it on a router - I can't say that it didn't cause some swearing, but the two of us did get it set up without any professional help. :) You should be able to do it! I'll even volunteer to help, if necessary, though I can't guarantee any actual memory. ;)

[leighblack.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well I'll see how it goes, I guess. The directions look deceptively easy.