A routine upgrade to AT&T U-Verse ended up being anything but. The good news, however, is that everything works now, and I have a much faster upstream connection than I ever had before. If the blog is faster now, that’s why.
Almost everything that could have gone wrong went wrong. Long-standing problems with my phone line got in the way. The technician said he didn’t know how I ever had any service at all. It never had worked all that well, and certainly not as well as it did when I lived a mile and a half away. It took upgrading to new, costlier and more profitable U-Verse to get it fixed, but now apparently it’s fixed.
What do I think of the service? Ask me in a few days after I’ve had a chance to use it some more.
David Farquhar is a computer security professional, entrepreneur, and author. He started his career as a part-time computer technician in 1994, worked his way up to system administrator by 1997, and has specialized in vulnerability management since 2013. He invests in real estate on the side and his hobbies include O gauge trains, baseball cards, and retro computers and video games. A University of Missouri graduate, he holds CISSP and Security+ certifications. He lives in St. Louis with his family.
Hmmm… It definitely popped up much more quickly on this end.