Internet
It's not what it used to be, and thanks for that, in most regards. However, in
one regard, it's very objectively sad, and that is the level of competence that
customers are faced with. Unfortunately, my fiber provider has chosen to switch
the Internet provider for their customers, me being on of those.. I received a
letter claiming that my WiFi network name and password would be changed to
something they wrote in the letter.. This pisses me off to no end. This is
like the electricity company breaking down your door to switch some of your
light bulbs to whichever random color they prefer. It got me thinking, that
I've got the decarmation point at my end, there will be a DTE in my end, where
their control stops and mine begins. So I called them to inquire about this.
Nobody was able to tell me where the decarmation point was. I was basically told
that it was "the fiber box"... Now.. At my end, I've got a fiber to ethernet
converter, which may have additional (and unknown to me) magic on board, and
it terminates in a RJ-45 connector, ethernet cable into a router.
Even in this setup, after explaining this to them, they can not tell me where
their responsibility ends and mine begins. I don't want them to mess with my
routing, I don't want them to do _ANYTHING_ but to acknowledge my device, route
packets to it and forward packets for it. NOTHING else. I don't care, they can
give me DHCP service for it if they want to, but it must end there. I have my
own router, and nobody but my very self fucks with my gear. Get in the game.
