Home base, the cock has come to roost… I repeat, the cock has come to roost!<\/p>\n
The ADSL install is done, complete, finished. I’m almost on top of the switch, so my speeds are excellent.<\/p>\n
The installer was an older, knowledgeable guy who was impressed that I did everything for him short of installing the filter in the telephone interface. He was even nice enough to list this as a repair rather than an install, so I shouldn’t get charged a penny for it. If it shows up on my bill, I’m to \u2014 and I’m quoting here \u2014 "Call and give them a hard time about it… I did hardly anything. Threaten to cancel your service. Make a fuss, they’ll drop the charges.<\/i>" How the fuck cool was this guy? Telling me how to scam the company he works for.<\/p>\n
So, watch out. I’m wired in my new house, and looking to do some damage.<\/p>\n
Oh, and 448 pieces of mail retrieved from my server later, and a whopping 6 of them were not spam. And only over the course of four and a half days. Impressive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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