The trials and tribulations of Idiots..
Okay, I *heart* this community. It echoes so many of my own stories. So I thought after lurking a while that I'd finally share one of my own.
I'm a Network Admin for a mid-size healthcare distributor. Thanks to the fact that we don't have all that many workstations (under 100) and we have a nice, stable, good network I really am pretty much on my own. Aside from the IT Director who pulls double duty as the VP/Ops. Yeah, it's fun.
Anyway, so recently the boss and two of the other execs decided that those two execs should move to Kansas and work out of their home. In principle, it was an excellent idea. Both of them were usually on the road anyway, and mostly deal with our Kansas accounts. I said "no problem" and added the caveat that they should ensure that they can get broadband at home before buying a house, as VPNing and using certain services over dialup would be painful.
So what did they do? They bought an "acreage" out in the middle of Egypt, Kansas. No, Egypt isn't really a town in Kansas - but it should be. They are literally in the middle of no-where. Granted most of Kansas is, but they are special enough to be even further out.
Oh, and guess what else. They done listened reeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaallll good and of course they asked about Internet, right? EEEEEEEEERRRRRRR, WRRRROONG.
Yeah, they are in one of those "black holes". You know, THAR BE DRAGONS!@#!@#
It gets better. They had to have Sprint BUILD IN THEIR PHONE LINES because the house they bought DIDN'T HAVE ANY. This isn't a cheap house, or anything, just some freaky old coot owned it before that didn't care.
Sprint can give them ISDN lines, but there is nobody to dial in to. Hell, they can't even get a local 56k ISP. Because of the telco exchange(s) in the area, they can dial locally only to the 300-person community they are a mile outside of.
I'm seriously chuckling. You would think that if you buy a house to work out of that the fact that it DOESN'T HAVE ANY FUCKING PHONE LINES might clue you in?
THE CLUE TRAIN, STOPPING IN KANSAS.
Oy. How I hate users.
I'm a Network Admin for a mid-size healthcare distributor. Thanks to the fact that we don't have all that many workstations (under 100) and we have a nice, stable, good network I really am pretty much on my own. Aside from the IT Director who pulls double duty as the VP/Ops. Yeah, it's fun.
Anyway, so recently the boss and two of the other execs decided that those two execs should move to Kansas and work out of their home. In principle, it was an excellent idea. Both of them were usually on the road anyway, and mostly deal with our Kansas accounts. I said "no problem" and added the caveat that they should ensure that they can get broadband at home before buying a house, as VPNing and using certain services over dialup would be painful.
So what did they do? They bought an "acreage" out in the middle of Egypt, Kansas. No, Egypt isn't really a town in Kansas - but it should be. They are literally in the middle of no-where. Granted most of Kansas is, but they are special enough to be even further out.
Oh, and guess what else. They done listened reeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaallll good and of course they asked about Internet, right? EEEEEEEEERRRRRRR, WRRRROONG.
Yeah, they are in one of those "black holes". You know, THAR BE DRAGONS!@#!@#
It gets better. They had to have Sprint BUILD IN THEIR PHONE LINES because the house they bought DIDN'T HAVE ANY. This isn't a cheap house, or anything, just some freaky old coot owned it before that didn't care.
Sprint can give them ISDN lines, but there is nobody to dial in to. Hell, they can't even get a local 56k ISP. Because of the telco exchange(s) in the area, they can dial locally only to the 300-person community they are a mile outside of.
I'm seriously chuckling. You would think that if you buy a house to work out of that the fact that it DOESN'T HAVE ANY FUCKING PHONE LINES might clue you in?
THE CLUE TRAIN, STOPPING IN KANSAS.
Oy. How I hate users.
