enry
Administrator
Okay, so as we enter day 4 of the soon-to-be-famous "Internet Outage of 2002", our dependable Agent Content Monkey, a.k.a. Derrick1623 calls with a message of maximum importance .....
"Agent Content Monkey reporting in. Site down. Please advise."
The message self-destructed after 5 seconds.
Because this was no small matter, I had to resort to desperate measures. After getting the two metallic keys, access cards and codes required to open "the storage cabinet", and then smashing the protective glass within, I took out the ancient device known as the "Analog 56K Dial-Up Modem". Even after ages of storage with no use, it still operated. I thought I had forgotten how to use it, and I could not find its "AC Adapter", but after much searching, I found an acceptable substitute.
Of course, there was then the bigger challenge. The ultimate enemy of all stranded DSL users, that which we all fear. The unknown "Dial-up Access Number". Now Internet providers are particularly evil in this aspect, as they place their access numbers on their website. "But I can't get to the website cause I have no Internet!!" Ahh, well well, my friend, that is your problem.
Our hero must now brave yet another day with no high speed Internet (Monday is Canada Day). Tuesday, a non-descript package labeled "Top Secret Military Clearance Only" will be delivered to him, by unknown means, for higher security.
Agent enry, out.
"Agent Content Monkey reporting in. Site down. Please advise."
The message self-destructed after 5 seconds.
Because this was no small matter, I had to resort to desperate measures. After getting the two metallic keys, access cards and codes required to open "the storage cabinet", and then smashing the protective glass within, I took out the ancient device known as the "Analog 56K Dial-Up Modem". Even after ages of storage with no use, it still operated. I thought I had forgotten how to use it, and I could not find its "AC Adapter", but after much searching, I found an acceptable substitute.
Of course, there was then the bigger challenge. The ultimate enemy of all stranded DSL users, that which we all fear. The unknown "Dial-up Access Number". Now Internet providers are particularly evil in this aspect, as they place their access numbers on their website. "But I can't get to the website cause I have no Internet!!" Ahh, well well, my friend, that is your problem.
Our hero must now brave yet another day with no high speed Internet (Monday is Canada Day). Tuesday, a non-descript package labeled "Top Secret Military Clearance Only" will be delivered to him, by unknown means, for higher security.
Agent enry, out.
