The internet connection has been rather spotty the past few days. Personally, I attribute it to living some 4 kilometres away from the DSLAM and the wet weather which has been known to cause our line to go to shit.

It was especially bad the past few nights but the problem is that the weather has not been particularly wet. Moist at most, but hardly the rain that causes problems. Having had enough of this bullshit I gave the ISP a call yesterday, and sorted it out with a port rebuild. All fine and good until tonight around 9, when the line threw another dummy spit.

Another call to another CSR. I’ve done the usual isolation tests and even went so far as to test with a different modem. Results came out the same, with a downstream of 32kbps. This CSR was a bit different and didn’t ask if I did the isolation tests and what not.

I’m quite adamant in my belief the fellow doesn’t know what my problem is, or at least has a single track mind with regards to my problem. The moment I admitted a possibility of a faulty modem, that was like, escape route to shaft my problem Belkin’s way instead of the ISP.

Quite really, both modems have shown a healthy downstream signal all afternoon and both carked it tonight, but it just so happens that the DLINK manages to get a stronger line signal after he fiddles with the line (presumably another port rebuild), and suggests that it’s the fault of the other modem. So hey thanks for ignoring the rest of the day and yesterday. I pointed out that I’m fairly confident it was the line and not the modem, to which he asked if it was possible it was the modem. Sure, I said it was entirely possible it could be the modem. And shit went downhill from there.

Of course it could be possible it’s the modem. You want to know what else could be entirely possible? Lightning striking the DSLAM is entirely possible. Cable exposed to temperature changes causing my line to fuck up is entirely possible. Me striking the fucking lottery is entirely possible. My foot up YOUR FUCKING ASS IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE.

My admission that the modem could be faulty being entirely possible is hardly an admission that it IS faulty. In fact I’d go so far as to say that on a differential diagnosis of what my problem is, I’d rate the line between the house and the DSLAM as the problem. Failing that, the actual wiring in the house. After that, water damage. Only then would I even consider it modem issue. Even then I’d be hardpressed to believe it is a modem issue because I’ve had modem problems before and this does not feel like one.

If I feel like it, and if the line does cark it in a pool of blood and piss, I’ll give Belkin a call, in all likeliness not to verify that the modem is faulty, but that it is in fine working condition. I also gotta study for Public Health. Trust me to forget crap like the 4 personality types.