War of the wires

The Internet god, or as I refer to it, the Oracle, is beaming down negative energy on Bateman Street this week. Indeed, our ability to go wireless ever since we switched to cable Internet a while back has been bumpy, unpredictable, a little maddening, and down right frustrating.

All last year we had DSL, but we switched over this summer when our roommate Todd moved out. Todd had the DSL bill in his name and basically insisted on breaking all ties to the house when he vacated, which meant cancelling the DSL service. Since we had Comcast cable anyway, we just decided to bundle it together and have them also be our ISP.

Bad decision on our part. Admittedly.

Cable Internet, while faster in downloading songs, has been giving us a load of trouble. We actually think it's our crappy D-Link router that is the source of the trouble (that the crappy Comcast installation guy told us he preferred). Anyway, it's a damn mess and I've had to revert to a hardwire connection. That leaves my roommate SOL, because we only have one Ethernet cable.

So much for the Internet. And so much to getting anything done tonight because basically my entire academic career is dependent on the Internet. It's a hobbling reality. But it is true.

Back to transcribing notes like a monk...