Saturday, November 05, 2005

Many thanks to Tommy Reyes, MCS Branch Manager of Starapple Computers, and his Boss, Billy Samson, for the router discount and immediate LAN installation connecting our two PCs at home. Randolf, their technician, did a great job!

My sister, Rosita, who moved in Cavite last month had local area connection in her house using Globelines DSL Broadband. She was the one who did the router configuration and encouraged us lately to do the same.

The scheduled installation was postponed in the morning because we had power interruption as early as 7 o'clock in the morning until 2 o'clock in the afternoon due to MERALCO on-going transformer repair few blocks away from the building where we live. It was unfortunate that it happened in the middle of hot weather. Whenever there is power failure, we didn't have water supply as well. Neighbors who are Bayantel subscribers were complaining that their phones had no dial tone. Can you imagine the inconveniences we're suffering if we had no electricity?

At 1:30 p.m., I inquired in a nearby store/eatery by phone if they have any idea when the power will be restored, I was told that MERALCO men informed them that power will be restored hopefully at 2 pm. I called my son, Paul Denise, from the house of my sister that he can go home then. I sent him there to charge my cell phone. We had an earlier agreement that I would pick him up and we will go together to the mall to eat Chow King Halu-halo.

Then, I also informed Tommy that they can send in their technician to do the installation because I promised my son that we will have today a local network connection. I know I should have done this since last year but, I want my kids to concentrate well in their studies.

Now, my son has no valid reason anymore to use my PC because they have their DSL internet access, too.