My high speed is in, but they said there is something wrong with my computer be-  

I am still using dial up. Haven't decided if or when I want to change to high speed. I'm never in any hurry to load pages although our kids keep telling me I am so outdated with the computer. Our cable is drilled up through the floors upstairs and through the wall downstairs on the ground level. I won't have high speed through our cable. Too many problems losing cable and it can be out for days. Other times it will "tile" which means we can only see bits and pieces of the actual picture.

Am sorry to hear your computer needs repairs. That does rather costly.

hi writersedge!

why do they have to drill the cable? is that where the problem lies? that sure is a complicated problem. i hope its fixed right now. it sure is a lot of hassle when something is broken inside the house, especially if it is something you don't know anything about.

i use broadband for my internet connection. the network provider just installed an antenna above our roof and connected it with my computer. i can't decide which is better, underground or aerial. if its underground, it is safe from storms and strong winds. but its a lot of work when something goes wrong and you have to drill it like in your case. if its aerial, it is easily affected by storms and typhoons. but it can easily be fixed because the technicians would just have to climb our roof. but i think i'd prefer the aerial. because nothing would have to be drilled just to fix any problem.

Hey writersedge.
We have wireless. But, we still have to have the cable box coming in to the house. We have a box in my husband's study, one in our bedroom, and one in the living room. Then, a modem is connected to my husband's cable connection in his study. All his computer equipment, fax, and work printer are connected in there.

Then, we have the wireless router connected to the modem for the cable in my husband's study. We then have our laptops set up to "speak" (i.e. exchange airwaves) with the wireless router and our wireless printer, also set up in my husband's study. So, when we want to print something from the laptops, all we have to do, no matter where within range of our wireless router we are (i.e. inside our house anywhere and even out on our lanai in back), all we have to do is use the print software on the computers. Then, the document prints on the printer in the study.

Oh, our cable connection outdoors is below ground.

Anyhoo, it's all very convenient and we love it. We watch tv sitting in our sofa recliners with our laptops, surfing the internet. Is that living, or what? One time our DSL broke down (not with our current server) and we about had a fit. We just could not hardly stand not having the internet. I mean, it was bad! We went a whole week and admitted we hadn't realized how dependent on the internet we are for our evening entertainment (and of course, for my husband's work).

Glad you got your connection and I hope it all works great. Wonder how they knew something was wrong with your computer...