Almost ADSL
by Chris on Jul.11, 2006, under Uncategorized
So, a guy comes around to my place today to install ADSL, right? I almost think to myself, “hooray!”, but don’t, because as forseen by myself in a vision, all is not well on Telkom’s end of the line.
The dude tells me he’s a Teljoy contractor and Telkom haven’t done their part of the work. He also tells me that they aren’t allowed into the exchanges, otherwise he could’ve fixed it himself.
The other interesting thing is Telkom policy prohibits phone wires from going through roofs/ceilings, but apparently feeding the cable through trees is ok. ??
More one day…
July 12th, 2006 on 11:24 am
where’s the smiley rolling on the ground with howls of laughter when you need it.
oh well, maybe next time…..
July 12th, 2006 on 1:50 pm
Oh dear.
Murphy’s really looking out for you, Chris. Be sure to have a Guinness and swear at the bastard next time you’re at a pub.
July 13th, 2006 on 7:32 pm
Chris.
We were discussing your fate, and think that in 10 000 years time archaeologists will dig up your decayed remains, still sitting beside your phone waiting expectantly for that ADSL technician to arrive.
And they will say, “Oh look, that’s the tenth of these these bizarre cases this week. I wonder what it could possibly mean?”
July 14th, 2006 on 10:28 am
ROFL
July 14th, 2006 on 4:54 pm
dude… i feel for you, really. Plus the fact that they are actually going to charge you for this installation… makes me sick. Any more news on the SNO and if it will help the situation?
July 17th, 2006 on 1:21 pm
No SNO this winter, I’m afraid.
BPL is looking like our best option for the near to medium term, assuming these palookas don’t prove to be yet another proudly South African ballsup:
http://www.goal.co.za/dslwhat.html