grodscorp@grods.comOn switches and internet
 | Posted by The Editor on Tuesday 1 July 2008, 1:08 pm Categories: Corporate stupidity, The internet Tags: ADSL, broadband, connection, ISP |
Last night it was a bit dark in the house so I decided to turn on a light. The switch looked like this.
So I reached out and did this…
…and the switch looked like this.
The whole process (decision to turn light on > stand up > walk across room > flick switch) took less than ten seconds. It wasn’t very hard at all and it didn’t cost me any money.
Last week I decided to have a different company pipe the intertubes into my house so I got on the phone and ordered it. Deep inside the bowels of a Brunswick red brick building that houses a telephone exchange is a switch that currently looks like this.
Apparently it takes five to seven working day for a technician to get off his or her arse and do this…
…so that the switch looks like this.
Plus it costs $75. First world telecommunications, my arse.
(Mind you, it’s kind of cool blogging from a cafe with free wi-fi, loud, funky music and lattes on call.)
GrodsThink Ep.31 (16/9/08)
Tuesday 1 July 2008, 1:13 pm #John Surname
SOY lattes, I hope.
Tuesday 1 July 2008, 1:49 pm #Dam Buster of Preston
in fact they don’t have to physically flip the switch anymore. All suburban telephone exchanges are electronic and they can be switched remotely. Not like the old days when they had to physically plug your house to a number with wires. DB Senior was a telecom technician for 38 years.
Tuesday 1 July 2008, 3:25 pm #Bridgit Gread
When someone complains about ISPs, it just shows that they’re too lazy/stupid to illegally tap into their next-door neighbour’s wireless network.
Tuesday 1 July 2008, 6:19 pm #Chade
What if you tried, and they’re all secured, Bridget? What then?! :(
Tuesday 1 July 2008, 6:27 pm #Bridgit Gread
Move house, of course.
Tuesday 1 July 2008, 9:07 pm #Jeremy
Absolutely ridiculous. But brilliantly posted.
Tuesday 1 July 2008, 11:52 pm #Mikey
Claps loudly. You sir have pwned all major telecommunication companies.
When I moved from North ACT to South ACT it took Telstra 10 fucking days to flick the switch for me.
Fuckwads.
Wednesday 2 July 2008, 9:20 pm #Sarah
I was going to say, the amount of time specified was far to short for Telstra to be your provider; their delays meant 30 days without broadband when we had the temerity to ditch them and go with iinet (who graciously provided us with free dialup in the interim).
Great post, with the illustrations and all :)