Burnout
Ho. I got home, turned on my network, and BANG! FIZZT. Smoke plumed outward and upward from my cable modem.
Three hours later, it's been replaced. Moral of the story: do not use components for 12 years in a row without refurbishment or regeneration in part or in whole.
Costly in time (though not money), that. I am now bound to the service provider for two years. Representative of said service provider was astounded that I had brought in this museum piece and also that somehow I had not been under contract for ten years. I got the replacement free.
Heh.
Three hours later, it's been replaced. Moral of the story: do not use components for 12 years in a row without refurbishment or regeneration in part or in whole.
Costly in time (though not money), that. I am now bound to the service provider for two years. Representative of said service provider was astounded that I had brought in this museum piece and also that somehow I had not been under contract for ten years. I got the replacement free.
Heh.
Labels: Electronics, Metaphor
etched with acid at 6:02:00 pm
2 Comments:
Amazing. I never thought (de)modulation equipment can even function for that long.
Glad that there's no major damages sustained.
representative also heaped scorn on my modem because it was "2 years old"
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