Since I've been working my ass off at work over the last weeks, I haven't had much time to myself (i.e. surf the internet), so usually I just do it at home.

When I got home yesterday, my wireless wasn't picking up a signal.

I went up to my desktop, and there was an error on the screen that said the broadband connection was gone. Uh oh.

So I tried everything. Renewing the ip address, turning off the router and turning it on again, logging off my account and logging in again. Oh snap. I don't remember my password. I created an account for me and Dave to log into SBC, and I forgot the password.

I pulled out my laptop and attached it to the phone line, dialing in to AOL. I tried 5 million times to log into the sbcglobal page with 100 iterations of every password I had ever. No luck. What the hell was the password I made for this account?

I struggled for a while, and Dave was sitting at this desk studying.

"Are you panicking?" he asked.

"No."

"Really?"

"Maybe just a little." I replied as my hands started twitching.

Finally, I sucked it up and called tech support. The automated attendant told me that the SBC DSL service around my area was down. Duh, if I called earlier I could have saved myself some grief! I was able to change my password on the phone, but I won't be able to use it til the service comes back up again.

So the lesson to this, kiddies, is just stay at work and use the internet there and don't go home.

...um...just kidding.

Posted by Yano at February 1, 2005 08:34 AM

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