pjbear05 Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Wow... You still have a home phone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 (edited) Remember the lightning monster from Johnny Quest? Keep yer eyes peeled.....!! Edited July 28, 2019 by Principled Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted July 28, 2019 Author Share Posted July 28, 2019 (edited) Wow... You still have a home phone?Yeah, it goes back to when I was working for Uncle Sam, some screwball rule about having a hardline phone connnection. A lot of coworkers who telework have them too. Hey, you folks have lake effect snow up there. We have these nasty MF's called hurricanes. They can jack up electric power to your house and leave with no AC and a fridge full of rotten food. But the hardline phone system runs off it's own phantom power system, and I've had multiple instances of the house power going out, but the phone lines are operational, go figure. Craziest was when Wilma blew through here a few years ago. No power at the house for three days, but the phones worked, and even when we did get power on, tree damage around my work building kept the power out for another four days. Without power no servers, meaning no phone, no internet, no computer systems, work told us stay home. Edited July 28, 2019 by pjbear05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Glad you and Karen are ok! This sounds like it was a close one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Remember the lightning monster from Johnny Quest? Keep yer eyes peeled.....!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRUSHfan Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 Good gawd! :o 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted July 30, 2019 Author Share Posted July 30, 2019 AT&T tech just left, basically replaced the modem controlling the phone, Wifi and internet. still waiting on new satellite receiver, should be another day at most. :dweez: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 A week and a day later, and I'm almost done. New phone wired in and working new master sat recdiver/dvr and tv in and working. I have a new tv in the back room for the remote sat receiver, but can't get a signal, need a new HDMI cable. The CSR's at DirecTV/AT&T have been stellar in helping get things right. It just all the frustration is getting to me. Ah, but what does an old coot like me know? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRUSHfan Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 A week and a day later, and I'm almost done. New phone wired in and working new master sat recdiver/dvr and tv in and working. I have a new tv in the back room for the remote sat receiver, but can't get a signal, need a new HDMI cable. The CSR's at DirecTV/AT&T have been stellar in helping get things right. It just all the frustration is getting to me. Ah, but what does an old coot like me know? Life has a way of teaching for those of us with a Brain, so I'd think you're equiped pretty well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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