Well, guys.... I finally broke down
and ordered the basic cable service and after Time Warner came out TWICE, they
got my cable turned on. Just my cable.. no cable modem yet..
Then, on Monday I called up RoadRunner to have them come out and run a line to
my computer. After speaking with this guy for about 10 minutes, he came to
the conclusion that the Cable Modem service was not ready in my area yet, and it
wouldn't be ready until around Thanksgiving! How freakin convenient that
they waited until AFTER I had ordered and paid for cable to give me this
valuable piece of information! I think we're the ONLY block on Riverside
to not have a router setup already!
FYI: A friend of mine had them come out to do the
RR install on his Win98 machine (he's not a linux junky yet :) ) and they
destroyed his machine trying to install the network card drivers.. I know
you will think its partially my friends fault for running windows 98, but before
you start slamming him, think of how easy it is to install a network card on
windows 95, let alone, windows 98! You just stick the damned thing in, and
when windows boots up, you just stick a driver disk in the floppy drive - IF you
even have to do that?! Anyways, needless to say, the guy left my friend's
computer in shambles and my friend ended up having to format his harddrive and
re-installing windows completely. Now, that's a windows problem.. So, how
competent are these guys coming out to install cable modems on these peoples
computers?
Gabriel
Harriman
