Getting behind
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snousleA lot of people have left comments in this journal that I would like to respond to, but have not had the time. Apologies if you are one of them.
Unfortunately, the situation is even less likely to be remedied now that the wireless link is down again. The relay up on the ridge is working fine for everyone on the ranch except for us and the neighbor down the hill. This does not look good, as they aren't exactly speedy about getting things running at the best of times, and the problem is probably something weird that might never get sorted out. In the meanwhile, we suffer outages that last for days at a time. Normally, we have a very strong signal since we are quite close to the relay, but the line of sight goes through some trees. Is it possible that wet trees block the signal while dry trees do not? Their thick layer of moss captures a whole lot of water and holds on to it for a long time.
I finally gave up and went into town to buy [shudder] a modem. Sixty bucks! I thought it was yet another Staples price gouge - that label printer I bought for $40 is "on sale" there for $99, marked down from $168. But no, I checked on Amazon and this thing (a Zoom model 3095) goes for around $50. I mean, WTF? Unfortunately I cannot live without it, and it is the only USB modem they had. Le sigh. I guess it's become a "specialty item".
Anyway, Internet is now reduced to the mere essentials for the next few days at least.
Unfortunately, the situation is even less likely to be remedied now that the wireless link is down again. The relay up on the ridge is working fine for everyone on the ranch except for us and the neighbor down the hill. This does not look good, as they aren't exactly speedy about getting things running at the best of times, and the problem is probably something weird that might never get sorted out. In the meanwhile, we suffer outages that last for days at a time. Normally, we have a very strong signal since we are quite close to the relay, but the line of sight goes through some trees. Is it possible that wet trees block the signal while dry trees do not? Their thick layer of moss captures a whole lot of water and holds on to it for a long time.
I finally gave up and went into town to buy [shudder] a modem. Sixty bucks! I thought it was yet another Staples price gouge - that label printer I bought for $40 is "on sale" there for $99, marked down from $168. But no, I checked on Amazon and this thing (a Zoom model 3095) goes for around $50. I mean, WTF? Unfortunately I cannot live without it, and it is the only USB modem they had. Le sigh. I guess it's become a "specialty item".
Anyway, Internet is now reduced to the mere essentials for the next few days at least.
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