Daily Reports Chatter

[Marri]

EEEEE THAT IS VERY EXCITING

[Adelene]

IT IS.

Also it turns out I have a mutant phone jack with two extra sets of wires, he's trying to figure out which ones are the working ones, it's very exciting. And by exciting I mean frustrating. For him.

[Adelene]

So close

And yet

So far. D:

It's the building wiring. There's nothing the ISP can do until that's fixed.

[Adelene]

Or not?

There was one last thing for him to check, and he checked it, and he got a weird result. I have no idea what's going on now, but he's downstairs messing with the switchboard again, so maybe there's hope?

[Adelene]

Tech: est non. Internet: est non.

He fixed like four different problems but my wiring is apparently made of hope and electrical tape and needs to be replaced. So I get to go talk to the office about that in the morning and see how they feel about sending in an electrician or whatever.

Or just get a wireless hotspot or something, that's looking like a more and more attractive solution here.

[PlainDealingVillain]

If you want assistance supplying more of the ISP's ass for you to kick, I will be happy to help.

Or, you know, something more actually helpful (but less satisfying probably).

[Adelene]

The ISP's ass is safe for now. Thanks though <3

I could actually use a good lead on wireless hotspot quality and prices, so I know how hard I want to push on getting the wiring fixed, but I can look into that myself tomorrow morning.

[Marri]

My mom got a hotspot when traveling from I think MiFi? No idea how reasonable they are against library wifi (the bar for "reasonable vs international rates and/or getting lost in Iceland with no phone" is... Low.),

[Adelene]

Library internet isn't an option in the long run even slightly. The viable options here are get the wiring fixed and stay with my current ISP; switch to an ISP that goes via cable rather than phone, which I've used before and don't like; or get a hotspot, which might actually be the cheapest option if I can drop my current (pay as I go, so easy to drop) phone plan and just do that for home and on-the-go, but I'll want decent speed and also a data limit I'm not going to run into.

[Adelene]

So as the song playing in the background as the guy was ringing up my shiny new mobile hotspot said: ever'ting goona be all right now. :D