Covad installation
23 February 2009 10:44Hooray, Covad! After how long now? of back and forth with them and Verizon, today I finally have my broadband connection up and running.
...of course, the tech claimed that he wasn't allowed to set up wireless, and in fact wasn't allowed to give me my router password. What is this? I've never run across that before. Supposedly I can log in and find a waiver to find and then they'll allow me to mess with my own tech, but not beforehand. I guess it makes sense, but I've never run across that restriction before.
londo, did we do this originally?
It doesn't ultimately matter for my desktop PC, but I would like my place to be usable by friends with wireless, too. And for when I eventually get a laptop.
But yay! Internet!
...of course, the tech claimed that he wasn't allowed to set up wireless, and in fact wasn't allowed to give me my router password. What is this? I've never run across that before. Supposedly I can log in and find a waiver to find and then they'll allow me to mess with my own tech, but not beforehand. I guess it makes sense, but I've never run across that restriction before.
It doesn't ultimately matter for my desktop PC, but I would like my place to be usable by friends with wireless, too. And for when I eventually get a laptop.
But yay! Internet!
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on 23 Feb 2009 16:27 (UTC)Glad it's finally working. Phew. What a PITA.
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on 23 Feb 2009 22:27 (UTC)no subject
on 23 Feb 2009 19:13 (UTC)no subject
on 23 Feb 2009 22:13 (UTC)