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Comcast: So Far So Good...

After my self-googling, I realized how often a search on Comcast came up with this blog. After my adventures with the "not-so-self-install" kit, I didn't want to leave everybody with a poor impression of Comcast's service.

The Comcast technician was very timely and very competent. It was a pleasure to deal with someone who not only knew what he was doing, but also was able to get the problem resolved really, really quickly. I think even more important was the fact that once his work was done, he know to head back to the office so I could migrate my home network to the Comcast network.

I must say, the service is screaming fast. I get better access to resources on Sun's network through the VPN than I do at the office. It is scary at times. Email scream, web pages load fast, files are loaded rapidly into my editor from the NFS shares at the office.

Would this be the end of my SOHO networking adventures? Hardly. I am sure that I'll find something to upgrade, change or just plain turn off. Beside, I still have to tear down the remains of the Sprint Broadband network from my room. For someone who is very much afraid of heights, it will be quite an adventure.

Google This...

From time to time, I like to Google for old friends' names. It's interesting to find mention of them here and there.

When I feel either a bit narcissistic or just plain curious, I go ahead and Google myself. Up until recently, I had to go through quite a few pages before I found a referrence to myself. Oh, there were plenty of Frederics, Jeans, and other variations.

Just for the fun of it, I googled myself. This blog came up as the 7th result. Interestingly, I have participated on a single thread on The Server Side.

Another interesting result, a search on Comcast and filters also returns this blog.

I guess I am kinda celebrity by association...