Personal rant – feel free to move past.

Virgin Media have some of the most pleasent telephone operators I have come accross.  That is the only positive thing I can say about them.   Since moving to Belfast, I have been with Virgin Broadband, and in my last two houses, had their fiber optic broadband.  All was good.  I now live across the street from my first home.  On the same road.  And FOR THE SAME PRICE I could only get ADSL (6mb) link and no cable TV.  So I had to switch to sky for the telly.   As of this evening, this is the status of my current 6MB link.  There is nothing else using the link in my house and I rebooted my Mac and plugged the ADSL link direct into the test port on the phone junction box (also restarted the routers just in case).

How about this?

I have contacted cablemystreet at virgin and asked if it was possible to get Fiber.  After five weeks the answer is no as it is not cost effective.  I offered to pay the cost of fitting (£550) and they respond with a no, as it will take all the people on our side of the street to agree to do that before they will fit the cable.  I hate to mention this again, but I see the virgin vans fitting Fiber accross the street.  Im tempted to knock on a door and ask to pay their broadband bill and cable it to my house myself.  Yes, I’m that desperate.  I work from home a lot.  I need a decent link (not *want* a link, *need* a link).

Has anyone got any recommendations for good broadband options.  Consider that the house only has ADSL access.  I am very open to suggestions.

You would be surprised how many comments/emails I get by people thinking I am him.  Thanks Francie, I will use this post as my response from now on.

Warning:  Personal post so if you are looking for tech info or ilug stuff, move along and ask yourself why the title didn’t give it away.

I don’t blog personal stuff.  I took a look though my posts over the past seven years and rarely blogged anything personal about myself.  Sure, there have been lots on ILUG and a bit on biking recently but nothing about family or friends. I think that’s just me.

Not to say that I don’t enjoy the personal blogging of others.  It’s great to get to know a little about people you deal with from around the planet.   From Bill’s “squid”, Rocky’s family, Nathan and becoming a father, Warren and lego, Ed’s family.  I could go on.   Since Bill announced it on stage at lotusphere, it’s been no big secret.  And a cursory glance at twitter this morning shows the geek world are sending very kind wishes.  Yup, tomorrow (all being well) I will get getting married to Lynne in Belfast.  Then holiday time and off the scene for a few weeks.  This may explain the low volume of posts recently.  I have been asked countless times if I am nervous.  Nope.  Not at all yet.  Although if I follow my usual traits I will be tomorrow morning.

So expect very little in the way or blog posts, twitter or facebook updates for the month of May.   See you all on the other side.

P.

I have changed my mobile (for americans…
cell) number.  If you are a friend or associate, just mail me and
I will give you the new one.  If you are not… I will give you Bills.
;)

Yep, pop over to
Eileen’s site and wish her a happy
21st (ish) birthday…