I Have Returned!

[Jerry]

Welcome back, Phil. I know all about moving. My wife and I moved in Feb of 2005, and there sre still things we haven't found.

[bubba]

Glad to see you back Phil. I can sympathize with your problems with the TelCo, I've had that kind of hassle too. Being told they'd hook up DSL, stalled for a month, then told DSL isn't available in my area, then the neighbor getting DSL the next week. Miserable service, techs that cause more damage than anything else.
One point about digital phone service via cable, if you have a power outage your phone will be out too since it depends on the cable modem. Personally, since I hate talking on the phone anyway I don't see this as a particularly bad thing.

[Panache]

Phillip,

Welcome back. We've missed your posts.

Sung to the Angel's "My Boyfriend's back"

The Glassman’s back and he’s gonna be in trouble
(Hey la, hey la, the Glassman’s back)
When he sees all those unread posts, he’d better cut on the double
(Hey la, hey la, the Glassman’s back)
He’s been living without DSL, sad but true
(Hey la, hey la, the Glassman’s back)
So Welcome back! You gotta lot of catching up to do.
(Hey la, hey la, the Glassman’s back)


Cheers

[Cawdorian]

Phil,

Welcome back, you've been missed.

[smaughazard]

Welcome back! I can certainly sympathize with your connection woes. We had only the option of dial-up for years; with huge graphics files, electronic transfer wasn't even possible, and I had to mail Zip disks or CDs to publishers and printers. Then DSL came along, but the phone lines in our neighborhood made that a horror story too. When our local cable company finally decided to offer broadband, I was lucky enough to be a beta-tester for the cable service (I had the first macintosh on their system, and advised other local Mac users on connection difficulties). Now we're on our 7th year of cable-modem use with only one major problem (due to a nearby lightning strike), and I just don't consider anything else a viable option. Enjoy your new service, and get used to unbeatable speed and reliability; you'll post faster than ever! And, revel in the amenities of that new home…

[Eujeankilt]

It's good to have you back amongst the fold.

Dale

[starbkjrus]

Welcome back Phil. Good to see most of your issues have been resolved.

[auld argonian]

He's back...he's tan and rested...ooops...wait a minnit...that was Nixon!

Seriously...good to have you back, Phil...missed your posts.

Now you have to catch up!

Best

AA

[GlassMan]

Glad to see you back Phil. I can sympathize with your problems with the TelCo, I've had that kind of hassle too. Being told they'd hook up DSL, stalled for a month, then told DSL isn't available in my area, then the neighbor getting DSL the next week. Miserable service, techs that cause more damage than anything else.
One point about digital phone service via cable, if you have a power outage your phone will be out too since it depends on the cable modem. Personally, since I hate talking on the phone anyway I don't see this as a particularly bad thing.

I was worried about the power-outage problem myself but our local provider, Cox Communications, has come up with an ingenious solution. They now feed a small amount of power through the cable lines just like the phone company does, so even if you get a power outage in your area, the phones will still work as long as they are traditional land-line phones and not cordless ones! And thankfully, the power usage of a landline phone is so insignificant that the power in the cable lines doesn't affect TV or modem use. Unfortunately, it's not enough to keep either of those alive during a blackout, but at least the phones will work.

You might want to suggest that your local provider try that too. From what the lady at Cox told me, it was a customer who suggested it to them and it turned out to be an incredibly easy fix to implement.

[GlassMan]

welcome back! The house sounds really sweet, pics if you please... ( did you manage to get the game room done in tartan wallpaper?)

As for the dsl/cable crisis, I had similar issues with my dsl carrier years ago...so I ditched them for cable. Now I'm fully convinced that cable is far superior to DSL...

again..welcome back!

Sadly, the builder would only paint everything in builder beige, so we're getting bids from companies to paint and paper the rooms as I speak.

--Phil