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Originally Posted by dsvick
There are easier ways to commit suicide - especially given the size of the claws on KKs cats!
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you guys are soooo bad! it's a spectator sport! the cats and the fish in the bath tub... I just watch!
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Originally Posted by MrPLD
Uugggh, I hate going through the whole checklist thing with the ISP... when you already know you've got a failed line at the street level and need the telco to come out and replace it.
Turns out we went down for 2 weeks because rats had chewed through the outer sheath of the 12-pair line in several locations along the 100m length, then it rained a solid 75mm in 2 days which flooded the pit and subsequently the cable and a few splices.
Joyous when the ISP says "I am sorry, we must do this because otherwise the telco will charge you $99 if the fault is with your setup" - personally I'd pay that $99 if it was my own fault just so I didn't have to endure the hour of being on the phone with the ISP. Of course, in fairness, I'm sure that tech person had heard the old "I didn't change anything" routine a million times before.
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and I used to be one of those people out there in the field having to do it! now I've got a ground (earth?) on my cable somwhere from my house to the pedestal, but it is buried. it's not bad enough to justify replacing the cable, just bad enough to make all of my phone conversations affected