When I visited Roommate at our new apartment last week, I noticed
that we both have desktops which isn't good when you only have one modem
and limited lengths of wire. So I went out and bought a USB Wi-Fi
adapter for desktop computers. It works great...in fact, I'm using it
now. I almost swear it does a better job than the modem itself. Odds
are, I'll lend it to Roommate since his room does not have a phone jack
in it so unless our antique walls have some sort of natural Wi-Fi signal
blockers in them like my place of employment
does...everything should flow smoothly and we can share a connection
with no hassels...as soon as Verizon delivers :-)
ADDENDUM: And oh was that a story...
I'm a bit hungry and tired to compose right now. Let's see, short
version. (Verizon) Modem arrived when it was supposed to. Somehow I
received two on two different days. Both units functioned but could not
get a signal. Returned the one sent in error while Verizon worked on the
problem. I was told the problem was two line signals were being sent
through the same wire and that cancels them out which is why I wasn't
receiving a signal. Somehow this wasn't a problem that could be resolved
by pushing a single button like you think it could be. Needed a tech to
come to the apartment. Tech did not show. Verizon, I quickly learned,
is the Queen of Hearts. You cannot do anything with Verizon today, only
tomorrow. Tech finally came several days later. The guy was very nice
and worked diligently pointing out degraded wires (which he replaced or
otherwise fixed). Ultimately, the problem was determined to be at their
end. Had to wait...again. Much yelling on the phone would follow when
the time came and the modem still was not receiving a signal.
Stubbornness reigned supreme for almost a month before I surrendered and
went to Cablevision for internet (I avoided them before because I had
problems with them while still living at home). Cablevision beat Verizon
and I have had no problems with internet since but it took a good month
to get the problem resolved which was, admittedly, partly my fault
because I did not just call Cablevision right away.
(originally posted to That Other Journal on June 9, 2009)
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