You see, I've had wireless internet at my house the whole time I've lived there, all of two years. My service provider is TimeWarner, {but we'll save my soapbox speech for another day} however, I haven't been completely, one hundred percent in love with the amenities and speed that they provide {UNDERSTATEMENT!}
One day, while my computer was searching for all available wireless networks, I happened across an unsecured connection from my neighbors. AKA - 'G Net' Let me just say that the G is so much better than my dang connection, so there began my career as a criminal. I was thieving interweb access from my neighbors. Everyone was telling me I should just cancel my own service and keep connecting to a unsecured network whenever I could, however my fear was "what if those people move, or secure their network, or cancel it themselves?" So, for that reason alone, I kept deepening the pockets of Time Warner, although I hadn't been using their services in well over a year.
With the ridiculous wind and weather changes that have blown in over the past week, I just figured my inability to connect to the G was due to some outages in the area. The next day...still no service. Instead of opening up Google in my web browser, it redirected me to a customer service page for AT&T, instructing me to call to resolve the issue.
I could only imagine how that phone call would go down:
AT&T - Thank you for calling AT&T Customer Service, how may I assist you today?
Me - Um, yes, my high-speed internet isn't working. The web browser page that comes up tells me to contact you regarding my service.
AT&T - Ok maam, I'll be glad to assist you. May I have your name and phone number please?
Me - Lane Stanga. 469.xxx.xx22.
AT&T - Ok, could you just verify your address for me?
Me - Sure, it's ...... xxxx sdgsgh road, xxx.
AT&T - Thank you. Let me repeat that back to you. It's xxxx sdgsgh road, xxx.
Me - Yes, that is correct.
AT&T - I'm sorry ma'am. We have don't have any record for a customer under that name and phone number, and our service map says that location isn't being supported by AT&T. Are you sure you're a current customer with AT&T?
Me - No. I'm not. Actually, you see, I've been stealing internet from one of my neighbors and suddenly their service has been interrupted. I was just wondering if you could get them up and running again. I mean, this is really interfering with my blogging and such. Do you happen to have a service technician currently handling the problem?
AT&T - Wait, you're not a customer but you're gaining access through one of our customers? And you want us to come fix their internet, only because you can't steal it anymore?
Me - Yes, sir. That is correct.
{Crickets.}
{Click}
So, I decided to forgo the call to AT&T and just check back every day to see if G Net was back to normal. Two days went by and then I saw the moving truck. At that moment, I was praising myself for never canceling my own service, even if I hadn't used it in two years.
I returned to search for available networks and of course, the only one I could connect to was my own connection. UGH, WHATEVER! So I attempt to connect, and guess what??? No connection. It says I'm connected, but that is a down right lie. {Just like much of what TW promises to their patrons.} At that moment, I realize why I began stealing service from my neighbors in the first place. My connection was always jacked up.
I was down-right utterly pissed, and mixed with an intense crave for some good blog material, I was determined to get to the root of the problem. I racked my nerdy brain for all my tech-savvy tricks and did some real high-tech maintenance that many of you couldn't even comprehend. With all of my knowledge and skills, I finally got my very own wireless service working again. ...After two whole years!... Pretty sure Geeks-On-Call is jumping at the bit to hire me for such skills I demonstrated yesterday.
What are those skills you ask??
I'm going to whisper it, because this kind of knowledge and technique is far to advanced for just anyone to attempt.
*i pushed the 'reset' button*
SHHHHH!
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