Last Saturday, past midnight, I was doing the usual rounds of websites to check if anything interesting was going on when all the pages started to give me ‘page not found’ errors. Assuming it was my wireless router acting up again I disconnected that and connected it to my LAN card only to find no difference. I did the usual sequence of checks and found everything connected properly. Restart modem. No difference. I noticed that my PC/USB indicator was red when it was actually supposed to be green. Another restart attempt and the thing doesn’t turn on. I thought I’d call up the Airtel guys but it was about 2 in the morning and for some reason I didn’t feel like calling them then fully realising that if I did push it off for later it’d be Sunday afternoon by the time I wake up. As expected I got up the next day at 1 PM just in time for lunch. I call the Airtel guys after that, tell them my problem, give them my phone number and just when I put down the phone I get an sms saying that my complaint was registered with them and it would be fixed before this time the next day. I was like, damn! these guys are fast. As promised the service guy popped up the next day, fiddled around with my modem for a while, changed the adapter and told me everything was fine now. The service that these guys provide is a whole lot better than what Hathway could ever muster (the only other ISP I’ve used is BSNL and we all know about their inexistent customer service).
In other news, we’re going on a tour (educational, they say) to North India some time next month. We’re planning to visit Jaipur, Agra, Delhi and Manali. The trip will last 9 days or so. I’m sure it’ll be fun if it comes through. The whole thing gets cancelled if AU decides to start their state wide placement drive during those 9 days. Not to mention what effect the sem results might have on the tour. Damn AU, they make it a point to annoy those that don’t want to be.
This update should last me a month, no?
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