Comments on: Think Globally, Act Locally http://www.elsua.net/2007/07/19/think-globally-act-locally/ A blog about Knowledge Management, Communities, Collaboration, Learning, Social Computing and Work/Life Balance Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:56:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: E L S U A ~ A KM Blog by Luis Suarez » Blog Archive » Finally Joining the Mac Side! http://www.elsua.net/2007/07/19/think-globally-act-locally/comment-page-1/#comment-426776 E L S U A ~ A KM Blog by Luis Suarez » Blog Archive » Finally Joining the Mac Side! Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:09:58 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2007/07/19/think-globally-act-locally/#comment-426776 [...] Anyway, I decided to play along with it and called the customer service centre to arrange an appointment to bring it along and have it fixed. I talked to the folks who would be fixing it and they told me that it would probably take between a couple of hours to a full week, depending on the damage of the LCD display. Ouch! I am not sure I can afford another week of forced vacation after the recent problems I have been having with my Internet connection (Been running just fine for the last few days though). [...] [...] Anyway, I decided to play along with it and called the customer service centre to arrange an appointment to bring it along and have it fixed. I talked to the folks who would be fixing it and they told me that it would probably take between a couple of hours to a full week, depending on the damage of the LCD display. Ouch! I am not sure I can afford another week of forced vacation after the recent problems I have been having with my Internet connection (Been running just fine for the last few days though). [...]

]]> By: E L S U A ~ A KM Blog by Luis Suarez » Blog Archive » Nokia N95 - “No Gateway Reply” - Here Is How I Fixed It! http://www.elsua.net/2007/07/19/think-globally-act-locally/comment-page-1/#comment-208980 E L S U A ~ A KM Blog by Luis Suarez » Blog Archive » Nokia N95 - “No Gateway Reply” - Here Is How I Fixed It! Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:31:24 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2007/07/19/think-globally-act-locally/#comment-208980 [...] One of the different consequences that I suffered from last week, while I lost my Internent connection for several days, was the fact that when I got everything back to a normal status I could no longer connect my Nokia N95 to the Wi-Fi network. I tried everything I could think of and nothing. It wouldn’t connect. I talked to a whole bunch of folks and most of them advised me that it might have been a problem of incompatibility between the N95 and my new wireless router, so was kindly asked to check that out with my Internet provider [...] [...] One of the different consequences that I suffered from last week, while I lost my Internent connection for several days, was the fact that when I got everything back to a normal status I could no longer connect my Nokia N95 to the Wi-Fi network. I tried everything I could think of and nothing. It wouldn’t connect. I talked to a whole bunch of folks and most of them advised me that it might have been a problem of incompatibility between the N95 and my new wireless router, so was kindly asked to check that out with my Internet provider [...]

]]> By: E L S U A ~ A KM Blog by Luis Suarez » Blog Archive » Yes, I Know, I Am a Blog Addict! There! Now I’ve Said It! So What? http://www.elsua.net/2007/07/19/think-globally-act-locally/comment-page-1/#comment-207884 E L S U A ~ A KM Blog by Luis Suarez » Blog Archive » Yes, I Know, I Am a Blog Addict! There! Now I’ve Said It! So What? Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:17:51 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2007/07/19/think-globally-act-locally/#comment-207884 [...] Last week, you probably noticed how, due to the different Internet connection problems I had, there was some light blogging for the first part of the week. Well, I guess you always have to look at the positive side of things. Those first three days of being disconnected from everything gave me a great chance to do a massive catchup with all of the different pending RSS / Atom feeds I had (Some of them from as far as March 2007!). Ouch! [...] [...] Last week, you probably noticed how, due to the different Internet connection problems I had, there was some light blogging for the first part of the week. Well, I guess you always have to look at the positive side of things. Those first three days of being disconnected from everything gave me a great chance to do a massive catchup with all of the different pending RSS / Atom feeds I had (Some of them from as far as March 2007!). Ouch! [...]

]]> By: Luis Suarez http://www.elsua.net/2007/07/19/think-globally-act-locally/comment-page-1/#comment-206726 Luis Suarez Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:46:48 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2007/07/19/think-globally-act-locally/#comment-206726 ¡Hola Simon! <p>Thanks a bunch for dropping by and for sharing the pain with me / us. I am not sure what to say, whether I would be happy I am not the only one suffering from the same kind of service, or the lack of, rather or be rather upset that time and time again we keep having these serious issues and we are never taken seriously. There are a whole bunch of us doing work remotely from whatever the location and this particular Internet provider needs to figure out where they would want to be: <em>with professionals behaving in a professional manner</em> or elsewhere. </p> <p>Just this morning I was having some more problems with the connection, including with the brand new router and got again that lovely message of we will get back to you within 24 to 48 hours, sending a technician over! There you go. A complete week wasted trying to fix something that should have been fixed in the first place last Monday, if anything. </p> <p>Funny enough, I went for lunch, came back and everything *miraculously* is back. Up and running. How long? Don't know for sure, but, at least, I managed to get everything I needed from the Net just in case. </p> <p>Oh, and thanks for the link! <a href="http://www.esperantia.com/2007/07/el-cachondeo-de-la-adsl-en-espaa.html" rel="nofollow">Check this other link as well</a> from a good friend of mine over here in the Canaries where he provides a very good and comprehensive overview of where broadband connectivity is in Spain, or, rather, where it is not!</p> <p>Either way, good luck with the connection and hope to see you back up soon again! Thanks again for the feedback! </p> ¡Hola Simon!

Thanks a bunch for dropping by and for sharing the pain with me / us. I am not sure what to say, whether I would be happy I am not the only one suffering from the same kind of service, or the lack of, rather or be rather upset that time and time again we keep having these serious issues and we are never taken seriously. There are a whole bunch of us doing work remotely from whatever the location and this particular Internet provider needs to figure out where they would want to be: with professionals behaving in a professional manner or elsewhere.

Just this morning I was having some more problems with the connection, including with the brand new router and got again that lovely message of we will get back to you within 24 to 48 hours, sending a technician over! There you go. A complete week wasted trying to fix something that should have been fixed in the first place last Monday, if anything.

Funny enough, I went for lunch, came back and everything *miraculously* is back. Up and running. How long? Don’t know for sure, but, at least, I managed to get everything I needed from the Net just in case.

Oh, and thanks for the link! Check this other link as well from a good friend of mine over here in the Canaries where he provides a very good and comprehensive overview of where broadband connectivity is in Spain, or, rather, where it is not!

Either way, good luck with the connection and hope to see you back up soon again! Thanks again for the feedback!

]]> By: Simon Scullion http://www.elsua.net/2007/07/19/think-globally-act-locally/comment-page-1/#comment-206598 Simon Scullion Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:40:22 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2007/07/19/think-globally-act-locally/#comment-206598 Hola Luis! Don't start me on the subject of the ISP we have in common! I have lost internet and phone access at home too this week, no idea when it'll get sorted. In the meantime I found <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6900697.stm" rel="nofollow">this article</a> on the BBC recently, interesting reading, not that we need reminding that here in Spain we continue to be overcharged for inferior products and service. Rant over! ;-) Hola Luis!

Don’t start me on the subject of the ISP we have in common!

I have lost internet and phone access at home too this week, no idea when it’ll get sorted.

In the meantime I found this article on the BBC recently, interesting reading, not that we need reminding that here in Spain we continue to be overcharged for inferior products and service.

Rant over! ;-)

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