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A New Nightmare – Internet, Let Me On

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Barbara McDowell
Due to technical difficulties, I’ve been offline for a few days.  Feels like being kidnapped by aliens who hold the holy grail this close, waving the light like  beacon. I have wireless in my home and though the modem was on and working just fine (before and after a reset), my laptop was on “limited access.”  See, there’s that taunting aspect.  So, I tried to get access via my new work laptop.  Well, since it is new and hasn’t yet hopped onto my home access, it needed to be logged on via the network key.  Did that and voila…”limited access.”
I’ve found that Time Warner’s expertise is shifting you through at least four to five techs, allowing you to repeat your need each time, until possibly getting a final answer of “well, we can’t fix it from here” or “we don’t see anything wrong on our end” so “we’ll have to send someone  out” and “they won’t be able to come until next week (pick a weekday in the middle of the day).”  I decided I’d have better luck waiting out and bargaining with the little aliens.  I made them some yams and chocolate chip cookies.  What?  You do what you have to do.  I woke up this morning and it is working fine, so…





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