Co*cast

Suffice it to say, I've finally given into the will of the people and the monopoly that's held in my area by the local internet supply overlords. The conventional wisdom is that the asterisk in the title of this post should be an "M", but for intents and purposes I am going to officially proclaim is should be spelled with a "C" and a "K" instead. It makes me feel better about giving them my business if I can cling to my sense of disdain towards their business practices.

The "installation man" (whatever that means) is coming tomorrow to twiddle his bits. I'm already anticipating problems because the cable interface in my apartment is in the wrong room and lord knows I'm not going to let him run wires all over my living room to make his job easier. Also, based on past experience with ISP-leased equipment (and they want to charge me $3 a month to "rent" a cable modem) I got my own Cisco equipment so that (a) I can expect it to work, and (b) I can save money in the long run.

Hooray!