Disco

(Which is short for disconnected... at least, it was back in the early 1980s at my college's computer center)

So our internet connection is down. It's a 768/128 DSL line, and the problem doesn't appear to be on our end. Basically, ATM pings aren't getting through, and the "Sync/PPPoE" light just flashes balefully at us in green. Earthlink thinks it's something at the telco's central office, which matches my diagnosis, and that means dealing with Verizon without being a Verizon customer directly. Been there, done that, had to write up that ticket way too many times at a previous employer, so... {shrug}. I figure it's all just karmic payback.

Two consequences: a) You're not likely to hear from me in a speedy fashion 'til this is resolved, and b) We're looking at alternatives. Trouble is, the bad news may be this is as good as it gets, service-wise. Not sure, and I'm doing more research.

Ta for now.

Connection update

So, while I was using the net connection at the library (along with akirlu), I decided to check my argyll@earthlink.net email via Earthlink's web interface...

...and promptly found out I'd forgotten the password.

Oops.

I still think the first day of the outage was EarthLink/Verizon's fault. But after I'd set the account to trying to sign in with the wrong password... that was all mine.

So, password changed, noted in Excel spreadsheet on mirror drive, configuration thingies reset, and all is now happy in Munchkinland.