sfsp's Journal: Creeping into the late 20th Century

I finally broke down.

I've said for so long, "I really don't need more than dialup. What would I use it for?"

Well, in my token nod to anti-Luddism, I have now moved up to 768K DSL. Yah, I know--Congress has just decided that anything under 2Mbps is NOT broadband. But I just couldn't justify moving to 3, 4, 5, or more Mbps.

I'm sure I don't need more than 768K. I mean, what WOULD I use it for?

FYI, I am now a Verizon DSL subscriber. I selected the $14.99/month 768K package, mostly because it was cheap. It has been successfully installed on my Linux system. The help desk operator in India, "Chad", wanted me to "upgrade" to Windows and tried to find the phone number for the Linux help desk for me.

However, Chad did a good job walking me through the (simple) process of configuring the modem with the initial username and password he generated for me. Then, I was supposed to log in to Verizon Central with the initial username, and change the name and password to my choice. At first, we weren't able to log in. Chad said it was because I was using an incompatible browser. 2 hours later, I reasoned that the various password databases would have had a chance to synchronize, and I got right in with no problem.

Now I'm surfing fat, dumb, and happy. Woohoo!