september 7th
So the ADSL saga continues. This morning I received a lovely package from Telefonica with details of my new configuration settings and all the other gumph they send along.
So I sat down on my computer, twiddled the zeeble and everything was as it should be. Small problem, no green light on the router to say the ADSL connection was live.
Phone call to tech support, spoke to the lady, she advised me that they would have to send a technician out at a cost of 89 euros. He’d be out within 4 days.
Ho-hum.
So a little while later I decided to phone back to see if a more technical technical support person could help me out. This time the lady took my phone number, put me on hold for ages, then came back to tell me that I couldn’t connect because nobody had ever asked for ADSL from that telephone number. After I stopped shouting at her she put me on hold again and then came back to tell me that it would be functioning within 24 hours.
I’m a little bit suspicious as well, because the details they’ve sent me seem to be for an ADSL modem. Is it actually possible to make a PPPoE connection with a router?
Anyway, I’m going to phone back later when the evening shift comes on to see what new story they’ll tell me. It would be quite entertaining if it wasn’t so frustrating.
Also, I’m in possession of a new 20″ Apple monitor. No sign of the actual computer though.
Football – at least we can now write off Newcastle with Souness in charge.
United may have signed Rooney, but if you asked me to choose between that fat, stupid cunt and JA9 there’s no contest, is there?
Back later in the week, I hope. Take care.
