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Aug. 23rd, 2004 09:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cabbitzillaSo I'd just settled in to chat with someone, when the DSL modem starts losing synch. It did that, about every twenty minutes or so, for about and hour... after which it went out completely. Given the past performance with Verizon, this was hardly a shock, so I hooked my little headset phone up and rang TechSupport.
And found out that, oddly enough, the problem seemed to be on -my- end this time. Hrm. Much fiddling about ensued, with me crawling hither and yon in the magical realm of 'Under the Desk'. In the process, I managed to yank the power cord out of the KVM -and- the DSL modem. I snaked the wires back up and plugged 'em in randomly; they use virtually identical power feeds. And suddenly the DSL was working, and the KVM was going nuts.
Well, that answered that. But with the KVM down, -nothing- here is usable... so the good power feed went back to the KVM. This morning, on the way back from dropping Megan at work, I picked up a new power adapter for the DSL modem... it's now routed through the UPS that a wonderful person sent me, along with the G3. And I'm back up on the air again. Woo.
Laundry's rolling. When it goes into the dryer, I need to wash my hair again; apparently I didn't get all the soap out this morning. Ah well. Anyway, that's what's going on here.
And found out that, oddly enough, the problem seemed to be on -my- end this time. Hrm. Much fiddling about ensued, with me crawling hither and yon in the magical realm of 'Under the Desk'. In the process, I managed to yank the power cord out of the KVM -and- the DSL modem. I snaked the wires back up and plugged 'em in randomly; they use virtually identical power feeds. And suddenly the DSL was working, and the KVM was going nuts.
Well, that answered that. But with the KVM down, -nothing- here is usable... so the good power feed went back to the KVM. This morning, on the way back from dropping Megan at work, I picked up a new power adapter for the DSL modem... it's now routed through the UPS that a wonderful person sent me, along with the G3. And I'm back up on the air again. Woo.
Laundry's rolling. When it goes into the dryer, I need to wash my hair again; apparently I didn't get all the soap out this morning. Ah well. Anyway, that's what's going on here.
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Date: 2004-08-25 12:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-25 01:39 pm (UTC)No. Wrong answer. That's what Social Security is counting on; the process is so obnoxious that folks will give up no matter how justified the claim is. Never give up, never surrender. Talk to a lawyer; for SSDI claims a lot of attorneys will push back their bill until your claim is finally approved, and they're a God sent ally when it comes to the reams of repetitive paperwork involved. Trust me.
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Date: 2004-08-25 06:23 pm (UTC)My "crawl into a hole" remark was regarding the news that I won't get retroactive pay. I was counting on that money and quite upset that I won't be seeing it now.
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Date: 2004-08-26 11:26 pm (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2004-08-27 06:15 pm (UTC)