Well, it’s been a painful last couple of weeks; especially leaving Tiscali!!  They even had the gaul to switch off my Internet a day early too!  I musn’t grumble though, because I am now back with BT (I know they aren’t the cheapest..but still they offer a much better service than I have enjoyed of late) - not least a download speed of 7.1 Meg out of a possible 8 Meg!! which personally is astounding considering the distance I am from the exchange!!

Let’s see if that rate will remain in the coming weeks or whether it is just a fluke following my first connection.  One thing I don’t like is the apparent lack of control over the BT Hub, much of the advanced features are beyond my visibility; given that I am a technical support engineer this is rather frustrating.  Though the plug and play aspect of this does compensate to a degree.  I have to say these home hubs are aimed at the less than technically minded (for a change).

Here’s to a weekend of fast online gaming!!

I am full of a cold, and more than a little miserable now, no thanks to TISCALI!!!!  I have been without an internet connection since last Thursday, and over six phone calls later they advised, “oh it must be a problem with your phoinepoint on the wall, not supplying power to the modem”…  

 …Um HELLOOOO!!!  I am speaking to you on the same bloody phoneline!

So what a shock it is to find it “mysteriously” working again tonight when I tried once more in vain (I thought) to reset the router.  Oh well, as soon as I get my MAC code, I am off!! 

In other news, I cooked a big Christmas Dinner for mum and dad, who came round because I was “on-call” and it was really nice, turkey, roast beef, all the veggies (and sprouts of course!) and mince pies mmm……will be eating turkey for the next few days at least…Merry Christmas to everyone (belated I know but hey - blame Tiscali!! No please…send em a nasty email )…and I happy New Year, I just hope I feel better in time for New Year, I am suppost to be going to a party!!!!