Gatchamania.net - Maddy having Internet Problems

Gatchamania.net »[Speak Up!] »General Discussion » Maddy having Internet Problems

Print Page | Recommend to Friend | Add Thread to Favorites

Pages (4): « previous 1 [2] 3 4 next »

Author

Post	« Previous Thread \| Next Thread »

green

Gatchamaniac

I am a Condor.

0 fics uploaded

Registration Date: 15-11-2009
Posts: 7534

Fingers crossed for you Maddy!

__________________
Exaggeration misleads the credulous and offends the perceptive. ~Eliza Cook

07-06-2010 06:03

gatchamarie gatchamarie is a Female

Gatchamaniac

I am an Eagle.

0 fics uploaded

Registration Date: 18-06-2009
Posts: 5129

quote:

Originally posted by green
Fingers crossed for you Maddy!

Mine are also!

__________________
To be or not to be a gatchamaniac - that's the dilemma!

07-06-2010 12:55

RIgirl

Babbling Loonie

I am a Red Squadron.

0 fics uploaded

Registration Date: 12-04-2010
Posts: 2188

Missing you muchly and hope everything gets sorted out quickly!

Amazing how one thing can just impact everything!

__________________
"It is a rare man that is taken for what he truly is...We are not always what we seem, and hardly ever what we dream...." Peter S. Beagle

07-06-2010 13:09

Madilayn

Mistress of Ebil

I am a Swan.

24 fics uploaded

Registration Date: 01-02-2006
Posts: 3589

Oh god - this just is getting worse and worse.

They are still not sure what the problem is. When I get home this afternoon, there's another test they want to run.

It could be the modem - they can send a replacement modem (cost $69!) but I won't get it until Friday. If the problem is the modem, they won't charge me.

A technician probably won't be out until next week. If the problem is actually something on my premises, it will cost me $230.00.

This is really making me sick - I have no idea where I'll get $230 from!

__________________

"When I'm old, I don't want them to say of me, "She's so charming." I want them to say, "Be careful, I think she's armed." -G. Stoddart

08-06-2010 03:01

Firebird
Princess Firebird..... Goddess of Swannie Fics

I am a Swan.

63 fics uploaded

Registration Date: 01-07-2002
Posts: 3689

I hope this sorts out soon for you Maddy and that it is a modem issue that tehy will replace for free for you.

__________________
Like the Phoenix I rise from the fire. Beware all who try to tame me, you may get burned Flame

08-06-2010 03:08

Transmute Jun Transmute Jun is a Female

Queen of the Bird Missiles

I am a Swan.

40 fics uploaded

Registration Date: 04-04-2007
Posts: 20978

Keeping my fingers crossed for you, Maddy!

__________________

08-06-2010 03:19

Madilayn

Mistress of Ebil

I am a Swan.

24 fics uploaded

Registration Date: 01-02-2006
Posts: 3589

Yup. This is officially a nightmare.

Modem arrived - sort of. I had to go pick it up from the post office. They lost it. Finally found that they had thought it was their own and opened the package (obviously not even looking at the name!).

So - after then spending 3/4 hour on the phone (after 15 minutes suggesting that as I was calling from my mobile, that theycall me back!) and running AGAIN all the previous tests (the idiot I was on the phone to wouldn't let me just speak to the tech I had been speaking with) we determined that it was a line problem.

As I had worked out a week ago.

If I'm lucky, a technician will be out on Tuesday to check the line (Monday is a public holiday here).

Not ashamed to say - I burst into tears at all this. This has gone way beyond inconvenience now and into the realms of suspension ofessential service.

So - yet again, I shall only be on sporadically. So far, I have not been able to check e-mails at McDonalds - I have to beg net time from friends for that. For some reason, the connection at Maccas is.... vague. And slow.

Missing everybody here!!

__________________

"When I'm old, I don't want them to say of me, "She's so charming." I want them to say, "Be careful, I think she's armed." -G. Stoddart

11-06-2010 03:31

amethyst

Wanted: $1000 Reward

I am a Condor.

0 fics uploaded

Registration Date: 15-07-2009
Posts: 6248

Oh, Maddy, we miss you too! I'd write a polite little letter to your service provider detailing the delays and treatment you received and how much stress this caused you. Perhaps you can get a month or two of free service out of it, if your letter is pointed and polite enough. Particulary if there are any decent competitors or the possibility that your story could become public.

__________________
Perspective Alters Reality

11-06-2010 03:39

green

Gatchamaniac

I am a Condor.

0 fics uploaded

Registration Date: 15-11-2009
Posts: 7534

Oh Maddy!!!!

You'll definitely have to change your provider!

__________________
Exaggeration misleads the credulous and offends the perceptive. ~Eliza Cook

11-06-2010 08:51

Garnet

GatchaFreak

I am a Swallow.

0 fics uploaded

Registration Date: 21-03-2010
Posts: 2604

God, this sounds so much like what happened to us about three years ago. It took over a month for me to get someone who would actually climb the pole and look at the box that houses the cable connection that runs our phone, computer and TV. At least one tech had lied and said he'd climbed the pole when he hadn't. Turns out, a squirrel had made a nest in the box. They removed it and we've had no problems sense. I think I did get some free service out of it especially since we were without a phone, other than my cellphone, and that was, like in your case, an interuption of essential services.

We miss you around here a lot and will be overjoyed when you're back. Hopefully it will be soon.

11-06-2010 09:27

UnpublishedWriter UnpublishedWriter is a Female

Gatchamaniac

0 fics uploaded

Registration Date: 31-08-2009
Posts: 3156

I got my modem, played with it for a weekend, then went to Atlanta to take care of my mother (she'd had surgery). When I got back, there were problems. I called my provider, and found out they knew about the problem. It took a couple of days to fix, and I've had no trouble since then.

Maybe it's because I live in a relatively small town (20,000 people), and so any service disruption affects a greater proportion of the population than in a city. That, and the way that word travels in such a town.

Mads, how about your local library? (And if you have a laptop, are there coffee shops and whatever with free WiFi?)

__________________
Benefits, not features; benefits, not features

11-06-2010 13:03

Add UnpublishedWriter to your Buddy List

Transmute Jun Transmute Jun is a Female

Queen of the Bird Missiles

I am a Swan.

40 fics uploaded

Registration Date: 04-04-2007
Posts: 20978

I'm so sorry to hear this, Maddy! Huggles I think this is the time to start looking for another ISP! It seems like this company isn't meeting your needs.

And Garnet, a squirrel's nest? Yikes! Eek2

__________________

11-06-2010 13:04

RIgirl

Babbling Loonie

I am a Red Squadron.

0 fics uploaded

Registration Date: 12-04-2010
Posts: 2188

Oh, Maddy! How awful! I hope things get better for you soon!

And UW is right -- check out your local library. When I went on vacation recently, they let me use a "guest pass" so even though I wasn't a resident there, they would still let me use their on line computers. It wasn't ideal, but at least it was something!

__________________
"It is a rare man that is taken for what he truly is...We are not always what we seem, and hardly ever what we dream...." Peter S. Beagle

11-06-2010 13:12

Garnet

GatchaFreak

I am a Swallow.

0 fics uploaded

Registration Date: 21-03-2010
Posts: 2604

Yep, TJ, a squirrel's nest. They were surprised someone hadn't complained earlier since that was the main controler box for at least three or four houses. I had the worst service interuption because I was closest. They also found that the house two down from me was getting cable illegally. The people probably hadn't done it on purpose. The person who handled my problem speculated that the techs had simply not bothered to climb the pole and disconnect it. No one wants to climb that pole. It's on a very busy street just off I-70 and about the only quiet times are between 2-4 and 9-10 AM.

I figure it's only a matter of time before the little buggers are back and have to be removed again.

I just thought of that scene in "Up" with the dog. "Squirrel!"

11-06-2010 13:34

Transmute Jun Transmute Jun is a Female

Queen of the Bird Missiles

I am a Swan.

40 fics uploaded

Registration Date: 04-04-2007
Posts: 20978

At least if it happens again, you have that precedent to look to, to get them to climb it again! I'm glad it was fixed for you.

__________________

11-06-2010 14:17

gatchamarie gatchamarie is a Female

Gatchamaniac

I am an Eagle.

0 fics uploaded

Registration Date: 18-06-2009
Posts: 5129

I'm so sorry, Maddy! I hope this nightmare of yours will end as soon as possible! Huggles

__________________
To be or not to be a gatchamaniac - that's the dilemma!

11-06-2010 15:25

Transmute Jun Transmute Jun is a Female

Queen of the Bird Missiles

I am a Swan.

40 fics uploaded

Registration Date: 04-04-2007
Posts: 20978

Maddy, any updates for us? I hope your connection is getting fixed! Huggles

__________________

16-06-2010 00:43

Madilayn

Mistress of Ebil

I am a Swan.

24 fics uploaded

Registration Date: 01-02-2006
Posts: 3589

Now into the second week.

Phone companies still seem to think that it's the 1950's where women are home all day.

Technician came yesterday - but came nowhere near me, just checked the line. Part fixed (apparently!) and when I get home from work tonight I have to run more line tests.

They do have to come to my place to acess the connection - but won't make a time until these OTHER tests are done.

I'm keeping a record of all this and a formal complaint is being written to my ISP/Phne Company, but also to the Australian Telecomunications Ombudsman.

Needless to say, both Ste and I are majorly depressed.

__________________

"When I'm old, I don't want them to say of me, "She's so charming." I want them to say, "Be careful, I think she's armed." -G. Stoddart

16-06-2010 01:34

SJ_SwanJun SJ_SwanJun is a Female

Forum Goddess

I am a Red Squadron.

9 fics uploaded

Registration Date: 26-04-2007
Posts: 2867

Oh babe ...

:snuggles:

I was hoping you'd have it all sorted out by now ... what a bitch that they are doing this to you!! I think by now they should be jumping through hoops to get you properly hooked up!

Assholes ...

Please keep us posted, baybee... My hugs to you and Ste ...

__________________

Sighhh

Why do men snore when lying on their backs?
Because their balls fall over their butt holes and they vapour lock.

16-06-2010 01:37

amethyst

Wanted: $1000 Reward

I am a Condor.

0 fics uploaded

Registration Date: 15-07-2009
Posts: 6248

iagree Huggles We all hope this nightmare ends soon for you!

__________________
Perspective Alters Reality

16-06-2010 01:42

« previous 1 [2] 3 4 next » --> Members browsing this thread: none

Pages (4): « previous 1 [2] 3 4 next »

Rate Thread:

very bad

very good

Go to:

Gatchamania.net is Powered by Burning Board Lite 1.1.2c © 2001-2004 WoltLab GmbH
English WBBLite Translation by Satelk Site Coded & Designed by Cep
Gatchamania.net © 2024 All rights reserved.

Tatsunoko Productions all rights to Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman, licensed to
Sandy Frank Syndication (Battle of the Planets), Turner Broadcasting (G-Force) and Saban Entertainment (Eagle Riders).
This site is not endorsed or affiliated with any of these companies and makes no claim to any of the above rights. Please read the Rules and Conditions of use.

This page was generated in 0.241 seconds (71.12% PHP - 28.88% MySQL) with 60 queries.