We have been at the Bolt Hole, our cabin in the Adirondacks since Friday afternoon. Our usually dependable but very slow phone line has sufficed for internet access. However, when we arrived on Friday, there was a problem. A noticeable buzz on the line would not allow the modem to talk freely with the server and so we were bumped off after only a few minutes (if we could establish contact at all).
The local phone company has no weekend office hours so I had to wait until Monday at 8:15 AM to report the problem. They would put us on the tech's list and he would come out today, she said on the other end of the line.
Noon arrived but the tech didn't so I called again. "Oh yes, you're on our list and he will get to you today," is what I was told.
So I went about my business and cleared some brush and then had to repair the brush hog when the starter cord snapped.
Four o'clock came and still no tech. Since the office closes at 5 PM I had Terry call to confirm that he would be here today.
The office person contacted the tech and relayed that he was, in fact, on the way. And, sure enough, a half hour later, he pulled into the yard.
The line had been hit by lightening since I left here four weeks ago and there was a stretch that wasn't taking it well. The tech sliced in a new section and the line cleared up. It is still not the fastest connection in the world, but, hey, it works!
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