Moving

Sorry I haven't updated this blog in the past few days. I recently just moved and am currently Internetless (the horror!) and yes I just made that word up. This actually leads into a rant about how sucky AT&T is. I wanted to order their high speed 6.0 mbps AT&T Yahoo DSL service
but apparently that is only available in the Mid-West or so I was told by the AT&T rep, and they pushed their U-verse internet service (of course). It sounded like a good deal until I saw the work order required a $95 installation fee with additional charges should any wiring need to be replaced to meet their quality requirements.

I'm currently renting a house that is 20 years old, what are the odds that their phone lines won't meet AT&T's updated requirements? Pretty good I'd say...I decided, maybe plain old DSL would be good enough. I got the run around and the phone transfers...It took AT&T 1 whole hour to finally transfer me to a call center that handled orders for Georgia...since when did Georgia sound like Connecticut? Not even remotely close!

I go through the DSL ordering process, without the phone line since I don't need it and plan on using a VoIP plan. AT&T wants to charge you $75 for a DSL modem. Since when does DSL service not come with a modem? I already have 3 from my previous DSL orders from Verizon laying around so I'm currently awaiting them to be shipped to me. I wish Verizon serviced Gerogia...then I would at least have the chance of getting their super fast FiOS service.

At this point I'm wondering if I shouldn't have gone with Comcast. Only time will tell... But it looks like Ma Bell is up to her old tricks again!

I will be making posts to the blog this weekend even if I have to go camp out at a Panera or something. Stay tuned for posts from Bones (great steak house) and more from Penang, if you haven't tried them...you're missing out!