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ETA: DSL is back, at least for now.
I am going to be mostly offline for an unknown amount of time. We have a second phone line that we use for DSL and faxing, and for a while it was just DSL because I could fax from my office; we got a new fax machine a couple of days ago, installed it, and found that we had no dial tone. (The DSL has been a little spotty for a while, but mostly okay.) We tried some stuff ourselves, like replacing an old phone wire, and then I called the phone company. They tested the line, and then asked me to try unplugging the phone for 15 minutes, letting the line reset, and then checking.
Doing that got me from DSL but no dial tone, to neither DSL nor a dial tone. The person on the phone moved my repair from Friday the 17th to "ASAP" and promised to send me text message with any updates. That was a few hours ago, and I've had no text messages.
I'm typing this from my laptop (which is my usual machine, but with the nice big monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. unplugged) in the cafe downstairs. That worked for checking and answering email, and catching up on DW/LJ, but I won't be randomly on IM, or able to look up things that occur to me, for a bit.
The main phone line is still working, as is my cell phone, and I'm mostly happy to talk to people. (If not, I won't answer.) But I suspect it's going to be a weird and slightly antsy weekend.
ETA: So, we're back where we were before I called Verizon: DSL, but no dial tone on that line. Not sure what to do next, and may wait to consult Cattitude.
I am going to be mostly offline for an unknown amount of time. We have a second phone line that we use for DSL and faxing, and for a while it was just DSL because I could fax from my office; we got a new fax machine a couple of days ago, installed it, and found that we had no dial tone. (The DSL has been a little spotty for a while, but mostly okay.) We tried some stuff ourselves, like replacing an old phone wire, and then I called the phone company. They tested the line, and then asked me to try unplugging the phone for 15 minutes, letting the line reset, and then checking.
Doing that got me from DSL but no dial tone, to neither DSL nor a dial tone. The person on the phone moved my repair from Friday the 17th to "ASAP" and promised to send me text message with any updates. That was a few hours ago, and I've had no text messages.
I'm typing this from my laptop (which is my usual machine, but with the nice big monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. unplugged) in the cafe downstairs. That worked for checking and answering email, and catching up on DW/LJ, but I won't be randomly on IM, or able to look up things that occur to me, for a bit.
The main phone line is still working, as is my cell phone, and I'm mostly happy to talk to people. (If not, I won't answer.) But I suspect it's going to be a weird and slightly antsy weekend.
ETA: So, we're back where we were before I called Verizon: DSL, but no dial tone on that line. Not sure what to do next, and may wait to consult Cattitude.
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