Another one shoved into DSHell.

Yep. It's true. I've been LPB for months now, and all of a sudden I'm hosed. I was getting a sub 50 ping to my work machine (where the LoL server is), and now I'm getting somewhere around 350 - 450 on average. I don't even want to tell you what I'm pinging at everywhere else.

So I'll just go ahead and rub elbows with my comrades in DSHell. You know who you are. Chryst, what's shaking bud? Anyone seen Jen around here?

Feck Covad and Internet Express.

*bump*, because I never do, and because I'm still bummed, and because if my clanmate Trolls had had this problem, she would have had fifty replies by now.

Still no word. Still in DSHell. My bots love me and all, but they complain too much. "I'm hiiIIIiiit. I need some baaaaAAaaackup." B!tch, b!tch, b!tch. Complain, complain, complain.

So yeah Morety, no problem. What's your address bud? I'll go ahead and pack my box up and send it your way.

Sorry to hear that, Jen. I'm thinking good thoughts for you. *think* *think* *think*

My saga continues: I called my ISP today to find out where they were at with getting my problem fixed. I had called them back on Friday, at which point they said they would open a trouble ticket with Covad and mail it to me over the weekend. Of course that didn't happen. Not a surprise to me, since I've seen them do this time and time again. When I asked the tech support moron about my trouble ticket he said it had either been closed, or never entered in the first place, and they couldn't tell one way or another. Not that it matters. Covad has absolutely ZERO avenue for customers to contact them. Even their automated phone system will tell you (after you've navigated through 4 fu<king menus) to contact your ISP.

Grr. I pay way too much to have to deal with this kind of garbage. Looks like it's time for yet another angry email.

Thinking of getting DSL? Stay the hell away from Internet Express.

[This message has been edited by Mr.Smallberries (edited 06-26-2000).]

Cheers guys!

Well, my very vocal complaining seemed to do the trick. They actually started working on it today. How long will it take to fix? No way for me to tell. I played the angry "I work at home and my job depends on this" angle to get the ball rolling. Then I managed to speak to a tech who actually knows what he's doing, and on top of that he plays UT. Once I told him that the absolutely best ping I could hope for with my fancy DSL was over 400, he was ready to do what he needed to to fix the problem. Us UT freaks need to stick together.

Cobra - I'm keeping good thoughts for you, my friend. I've had lots of problems, but Trolls is on Mindspring with Covad and she's never had a single issue to my knowledge.