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right.

Had to reboot it two more times, so I braved another call to Comcast.

I got an amazing woman named Michelle who knew my problem the second she loaded my account.

My modem isn't getting a signal. Either it's a problem with the line, or it's a problem with the modem. A tech will be here on Monday around 1PM. He's going to test the line/cabling first, and if it still fails, give me a new modem.

honestly, I'm not surprised. This modem is at least six years old at this point,and don't they usually die after five or six years?

I told Michelle about the problem with the first person, and Michelle said that that person shouldn't have even suggested there was a problem with my computer, because as soon as she brought up the connection to my modem, it was obvious it was receiving no/sporadic signal. She further said that the person probably didn't look up my modem, because as soon as I unplugged it to try another reboot, she received a message on her end that it had gone offline.

She told me I could reboot it each time it disconnects, and I might get 15-20 minutes of time out of it before it loses signal again. I might try to see if I can't mooch off the neighbor for the weekend, but if I'm not on, this is why.

It's just a big pain in my ass though, because I need to be able to plan out all the directions and stuff for next week and I need to be able to make plans with SA, and now I'm reduced to sending 133 character messages at a time through my cell phone. (which, btw I'm in AIM as BeccaOnCell)

I feel bad for the tech though. He's going to have to crawl around UNDER my house, and probably need me to show him how to remove the skirting.

Anyway, posting this before I lose connection again.

This also kinda screws SA and my plans for Monday. We have to go letterboxing later in the day, and have to make sure we don't fall asleep when we arrive back from BWI. Ah, well. At least I got an appointment on Monday. I told Michelle I was going to be Out of Town starting Tues, and while that's not entirely true, it's closer to the truth than anything else.

Sadly, the tech for tomorrow was all booked, or she said she'd have made sure he got here. Ah, well. Just sucks because I'm trying to re-download the fiesty DVD and get the old laptop set up to man my download while I'm in and out with this laptop next week, and now I can't download the updates!
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