It’s been a hard road to now trying to get my Internet access / DSL problem resolved here this week. I’ve gone through Cox technical support online, by phone, in person, and even had a technical representative stop by today, and I still can’t get a consistent Internet signal off either my main PC or wireless laptop. Now word is that it’s the heat to blame – that’s right, the heat. Evidently, the heat has an impact on these little yellow cones you see dotting our nighborhood – the Cox DSL and cable TV trees. Don’t ask me – I haven’t a clue as to how all this stuff works, they just tell me the heat mucks around with their signal or something like that. So now in the next two days they’re supposed to be bringing in the cavalry – the Cox “road crew” to see if they can resolve the problem.

I sure hope so – this dial-up connection is feeling quite snail-like this evening.