Signs of the Times?

 Seems today that both my computers are having problems. I'm using Quantum Fiber and it seems like every game or traffic intensive program (videos etc.) is slugging around in the mud speeds. I'll probably connect to the Comcast connection. We still have Comcast until we decide that Quantum Fiber is going to work. We are using the slowest speed Comcast has available to keep our costs down. Adding Quantum Fiber to the cost of our Comcast is less than it costs one of our friends for just one High-speed connection on Comcast. And Quantum Fiber is supposed to be the highest speed one can get for the price of $35/month.

Finally, Fiber to the home that was promised in the early 1990's. Yet, here we are with serious problems...

It's not our software, it's your hardware

 I have been a tech since 1982 when I started working at Turf Paradise, a horse race track, as a video tech setting up and repairing everything from timing systems for the races, to camera equipment, sound systems, phone systems, etc. Computers were relatively new to the scene at that time. But one thing remains the same, no one wants to hear that "their" realm is at fault for failures. 

So many times in my life I have heard the statement, "It's not our problem, it's yours!" Way more times than I can count have I found that 'my' equipment is working perfectly, it's the software accessing it that has not been configured correctly.

Once again I am facing that beast, doing all my troubleshooting, finding my equipment works perfectly and #QuantumFiber has protocols in their system that won't let my equipment connect to the Internet. Not all my equipment, just one, and then another that I use to bypass their lack of connectivity.

No need to call, they will again tell me that it is my equipment, even though I can connect with Comcast.net with ALL my equipment, even the one rejected by Quantum Fiber.

#quantumfiber, #internetaccess, #comcast, #monopolies

Daily Magic

Yesterday I saw a leaf, unusual in that it looked like someone painted it, partially, like a drip of paint from a painter's brush.

Then, the scientist touched it. It disappeared.