{"id":212,"date":"2005-10-07T00:46:14","date_gmt":"2005-10-06T23:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/?p=212"},"modified":"2005-10-07T00:48:52","modified_gmt":"2005-10-06T23:48:52","slug":"be-online-be-broadband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/2005\/10\/be-online-be-broadband\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Online, Be Broadband"},"content":{"rendered":"

So here I am configuring my wireless router on a late Thursday\/early Friday morning. Why? Because after getting back from the pub, I found my 24Mbps DSL2 had finally been activated. I was surprised to see how quickly it was connected, after all, I had only placed my order for DSL from Be Unlimited<\/a> last Thursday and had heard nightmare stories (sorry Karl) about other ISPs (i.e. Bulldog) where people have been waiting for more than 6 weeks to get connected. <\/p>\n

I must admit that customer service so far has been fantastic. After signing up (on quarterly terms) I got emails telling me what I would expect. One told me that my wireless router was supposed to arrive Thursday (but arrived Wednesday) and I would be connected by Tuesday. On Monday, I received an email saying because of reasons outside of their control, the connection was postponed for a couple of days… and now here I am connected What a bargain! Now all I have to do is learn how to configure this router to make it a little bit more secure. By the way, let me know if you want to get connected. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So here I am configuring my wireless router on a late Thursday\/early Friday morning. Why? Because after getting back from the pub, I found my 24Mbps DSL2 had finally been activated. 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