[Stones] Email server issues / broadband ...

[George Currie]

Like Chris's mate I live in the country , local exchange is run in elastic 
bands but I've had two trouble free years with wanadoo/orange ,I don't know 
how I would mange without it . no plug , honest .

 george
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ric" <megalith6 at yahoo.co.uk>
To: "The Stones Mailing List" <stones at henge.org.uk>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Stones] Email server issues / broadband ...


> Hi Chris,
>
> i wouldn't mind so much, but i live practically in the
> middle of London: the situation is entirely bizarre:
> last time i tried to hook up to BB i was told 'my area
> was in a zone incompatible with broadband' ~ yep, in
> the middle of one of the biggest cities in the world,
> oozing tech all over the place: sorry, no BB
> connection for you!
>
> now i've got as far as getting sent the (this
> time)correct router but have been given no information
> at all regarding wireless router adapters, which i
> need, but blithely supplied with WL BB router (doesn't
> work without adapter) nevertheless; then advised to
> acquire adapter but not informed that only specific
> adapters compatible with internet provider - result:
> end up with incompatible adapter + spend 24 hours
> pulling remaining hair out trying to get everything to
> work...
>
> stage 2: attempt to return incompatible adapter to
> store and acquire compatible model
>
>>:(
>
> ... meanwhile, someone emails me on possible stone
> circle in Shetlands (next)
>
> :)
>
> R
>
>
> --- Chris Tweed <chris at henge.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ric,
>>
>> > routers, wireless routers, wireless adapters,
>> > broadband ... i'm surprised any of us can keep in
>> > touch about Stones at all?
>>
>> When you stop and think about it, especially as
>> someone who broke his
>> computer teeth on the likes of the ZX80 and the RML
>> 380Z - it's all
>> pretty gobsmacking really isn't it? So much we take
>> for granted every
>> day - which is why I didn't spot the issue for a
>> couple of days.
>>
>> > 3rd attempt to get on broadband, and getting
>> nowhere
>> > fast :-|
>>
>> Ugh! That's reminding me of a horror story I was
>> involved in - trying
>> to get ADSL installed for the M.D. of the company I
>> work for. Yeah,
>> I'm the IT Manager, so I get to sort out his home
>> broadband for him.
>> He lives in the 'middle of nowhere' of course, very
>> nice cottage in a
>> little Leicestershire village that barely appears on
>> the map. On the
>> day of the install he had a big BT truck pull up
>> outside with an
>> engineer asking, "So, where did you want your new
>> telegraph pole
>> putting?"... Long story, but believe me - I feel
>> your pain!
>>
>> Chris
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