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Better now. I hope.

So after many evolutions, and two minutes-burning cell phone calls to SWCP tech support (who were helpful, anyway), we seem to be back in business:  connected to DSL via wireless network.

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The cause of my woes, it appears and I’m actively hoping, was interference by Zonealarm free firewall software. It’s served well in [...]

Not so fast…

And now we achieve our first broadband outage.

It figures. That honeymoon lasted 12 hours. Thanks, SWCP!

My notebook says it signs in fine to the wireless net, gets a good connection and a strong signal. But no Web and no email.

And of course I notice the problem right after 10 PM … when their office closes.

*Sigh* [...]

Revenge of the nerds

I’m looking to make the long-deferred move to broadband, simply because the Heartbreak of Dialup™ has become too, well, heartbreaking. Plus on those occasions I actually need to use the Net in the course of my occupation (it happens) it’s no more rewarding or useful to spend minutes waiting for a page to load than [...]