…We have REAL net access again…(doing the Ren & Stimpy HappyHappyJoyJoy dance around the room now).

We’ve been dealing with droopy DSL service the past few weeks, as the local college destruction…er, construction guys have been digging holes in the yard, drilling holes in water pipes, breaking drain pipes, and generally wreaking big-ass havoc on our little corner of campus…all to install (albeit 20 years too late) “fire suppression sprinkler systems” in our little corner of the Central Wyoming College campus, in the west apartment building complex.

Before they started destroying anything, our DSL was working fine. We paid for 768k up/down service, and were seeing average speeds of 400/500k down, and much less up. No problem…we were “right on the edge’ of service with the ISP provider.

Then, hell….

All the commotion with tractors, backhoes, hammers, chisels, etc. did SOMETHING to our phone lines (a very important part of the DSL connection), and It Started To Suck Bigtime.

We spent days on the phone with Wyoming.com, talked to 5 different techs, and switched DSL modems, cables, and routers…all to no avail.

Finally, we figured out that we COULD get Wireless Broadband here, without bolting any antennae to the outside of the building (our bedroom window faces the hilltop containing the transmitter tower). How did we find out that wireless would work here? Next door neighbor, Ben, is a techie at the ISP, and got it working in his dorm. In calling and troubleshooting the DSL problems, he suggested the wireless option. I am very glad he did.

Got the hardware this afternoon….plugged it all together in about 20 minutes….tweaked the IP addie in the software controls, and BOOM! We are ZOOMING back on the net…almost 1meg in d/l speed, and 500k upload speeds..MUCH better than DSL was.

I am a happy camper again…

Thank you Wireless Gods…and Wyo.com for your assistance…

NOW….if you bill be for those dialup hours I had to use to do my work, I’ll be VERY upset…

Rich