Internet Blues
Our Sympatico connection in Montreal is not working. It has been flaky for a while and now it is mostly not working. The problem is a connection one, not software or setup. Unfortunately, getting that through tot he first line of tech support is very, very hard to do. They assume it is a software problem and ask you to uninstall an reinstall various bits of software. Unfortunately, as Sofia found out last night, this left the computer even less functional. There solution, contact Microsoft to fix the OS setup and then call them back. Bah! How do I know it is a connection problem and not a software problem? Simple, my laptop has problems connecting in Montreal, but when I connect to a Sympatico service in Ottawa, it has absolutely no problem. Aside form that, the DSL lamp on the modem keeps going out. The past weekend was absolutely brutal, we hardly had any service at all. It will have to wait until I am back in Montreal Thursday night for me to start addressing it. sigh. I have to con...