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December 8, 2005

Those who help themselves....

Message from a Concours colleague who works from home (name withheld to protect him from the telco union...):

FYI – I’m back online. My connection is precarious, at best, but that’s because I rigged it myself. I talked to BellSouth twice, and they said that they may not be able to fix it until the 19th of December, which seemed unfathomable to me. After a little investigation, it appears that a truck pulled through the wire in my alley, yanking the connection out of the box attached to the house. I managed to untangle the wire from a tree and then used nail clippers (guess it helped to watch so much MacGyver when I was a kid) to strip the wires so I could re-connect. Anyhow, I’m up and running. Hope BellSouth won’t mind my meddling. 
Nail clippers. Good for him - if he had had fiber to the home, he would have to reach for the vanity mirror...

Posted by Espen at December 8, 2005 3:56 PM

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