RE: [Nolug] Re: cable modems

Ive got access to micro pc, through work, I had ordered one online (ebay -
$25 bucks) and because the moron I bought it from refused to ship it ups
3day like I asked, Im stuck waiting untill the weekend for it to show up.
So I was hoping to find one I could "borrow" but if the mac-address caching
works anything like the old bridged dsl lines & Id have to spend 4 hours on
the phone trying to explain away the fact that I changed modems, Ill just
wait. To be honest - and I do this for a living, the absolute worst thing
in the world is sitting on hold / talking to a tech, when 1. you now whats
wrong, 2. you know what needs to be done to fix it 3. the tech has you
spending unneccessary hours on the phone because "its company policy we do
this first" or they have NO CLUE what has happened, and getting things fixed
will require a visit from the "supervisor" and they want to make damn sure
they dont look like a fool before fetching him (which by demanding to speak
with them in the first place, more often than not, gets things done alot
quicker)

so in order to placate my sanity, and maybe hold on to it for a little while
longer, Im going to wait for the USPS to bring my magic box and hope the
gods of broadband give me a fortunate experience (can I spell that without
using XP?)

thanks for the help, suggestion, and comments.

brain> resume lurk -t now.

rob - signing off

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nolug@joeykelly.net [mailto:owner-nolug@joeykelly.net]On
Behalf Of Joey Kelly
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 11:45 AM
To: nolug@joeykelly.net
Subject: Re: [Nolug] Re: cable modems

Actually, no. They only sell to retailers. I buy my parts from there, but
had
to get an account, and had to prove that I worked for a retailer by bringing
in their business license, etc.

Probably you can find stuff cheaper on the web (I'd try places like
tigerdirect, etc.).

That, or Worst Buy might have them. I know Circuit Silly ran a special, but
you had to sign up for Cox's service through them, which sounds kinda iffy
to
me...

--Joey

Thou spake:
>Micropc-la.com, based in harahan, has the Linksys LNK-BEFCMU10 for $88
>on-line and I'm sure they'd let you pick it up at the store.
>Dave
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Joey Kelly" <joey@joeykelly.net>
>To: <nolug@joeykelly.net>
>Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 7:20 AM
>Subject: [Nolug] Re: cable modems
>
>> Thou spake:
>>
>> anybody got a cable modem i can borrow for a
>>
>> >couple of days?
>>
>> It doesn't work like that... in order to have a particular cable modem
>
>work
>
>> for you, you have to have Cox provision it, setting it up internally
>
>and/or
>
>> making sure its MAC address in assigned to a particular node and cleared
>
>for
>
>> data transfer across their network. Borrowing someone's cable modem would
>> require calling Cox and explaining to them that you only borrowed it, not
>> stole it (right, Scott? heh), and I doubt they would want to be
>> reprovisioning it every few days for you and your buddy to share it,
>
>anyway.
>
>> Anyone know the cheapest & best place to purchase a cable modem here in
>
>town?
>
>> --Joey
>>
>> >Rob
>> >------------------------------
>> >Robert W. Theriot Jr.
>> >Spire Network Services, INC.
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>> >email: rtheriot@spirenet.com
>> >phone: (504) 731-1991
>> >
>> >
>> >
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