web withdrawal

[eruthros]

*sighs* Man, utilities suck. Apparently Verizon was supposed to tell me, when I signed up for phone service, to be at the apartment on the day that they were going to switch the phone on. And yet they did not. (Also, they came by the day after they told me that they were going to switch the phone on, so I wouldn't have been here anyway.)

So I got a phone call after they left the apartment telling me to reschedule, because they needed to get into my apartment, and I was all "reschedule what? with who?" and the person didn't leave a return phone number and they aren't there on weekends and I finally talked to someone, and he was nice and efficient and voluntarily offered to waive $55 worth of bill for the trouble. The only problem? There aren't any scheduled openings until Friday afternoon. I can't take this slow, low-signal-strength, constantly-disconnecting, stolen wifi until Friday. I will go mad, I tell you. Mad!

Comments

[darthrami.livejournal.com]

Ugh. I've had so many problems with verizon. *hugs* Here's hoping it gets resolved soon. I'm glad to hear you're there safely, though!

[redbyrd-sgfic.livejournal.com]

If you've got a laptop, maybe you can find better wifi..try the Freespot directory at http://www.wififreespot.com/ for something in your area. When the weather was unbearably hot and sticky, I had the fallback position of going to my local library or hanging out at Panera Bread, both of which have free wifi (once, I was trying to find an address when I had the laptop with me, and parked in front of a Panera to do a quick map check. Signal strength was great. I love living in science fiction!)

[eruthros]

I go out at mid-day to use the net, but I can't hang out at Gimmee Coffee in pajama pants at 11 pm and chat with friends. :)