Well he did have more calls but he was cool enough to stay long enough to see if he could getting working.On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, igueths at comcast.net wrote: > I assume the guy had no more calls to get to that day? Must have been > pretty fun...Teaching the cable tech how to use gnome/kde. > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: Scott Berry scott at drscott.dyndns.biz > Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 18:17:32 -0700 (MST) > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > Subject: Re: broadband connectivity advice > > > Here is where I taught my cable installer to use kde an gnome. he had a > little fun with it at first but he got the hang of it eventually. > > On Mon, 5 > Jan 2004, Alex Snow wrote: > > > also, the general technical knoledge of your isp's techs is usually > > the "I know where the control pannel is" type. they may know how to > > plug in a network card but that may be foggy at best. > > On Mon, Jan 05, > > 2004 at 06:27:56PM -0600, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > > > Hi chuck and all. > > > I use charter cable and have had no problems. In fact, when I tried to > > > switch to tds dsl, my actual download speeds were quite a bit slower > than > > > my cable connection. > > > In my case, the technician came and plugged the modem in and set up the > > > cable box. after that, dhcpcd did everything else. I'm not sure what > > > differences exist between different cable setups. > > > and I know what you mean about not going back to a dialup connection. I > > > help to maintain a friend's system; she is on dialup and upgrading and > > > downloading on her system drive me completely crazy. certainly better > than > > > no connection at all, but would be hard to live with after you've > > > experienced high speed, except as a backup for emmergencies or for use > > > when traveling on a laptop. > > > Let us know how it goes; I had absolutely no setup problems but others > may > > > have had more difficulties. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Cheryl > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > -- Scott Berry Email: scott at drscott.dyndns.biz
