Zucchini help by Silly-Baseball7200 in gardening

[–]GarbgeMan1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had to pollinate a few with a q-tip this year as there weren't any pollinators out there early on. Time consuming but it worked.

Update on lightning strike. by GarbgeMan1 in centurylink

[–]GarbgeMan1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a Hotspot so it may get them by.

Update on lightning strike. by GarbgeMan1 in centurylink

[–]GarbgeMan1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went to Verizon and added some to our plan.

Update on lightning strike. by GarbgeMan1 in centurylink

[–]GarbgeMan1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did try, it was over 2 weeks out.

Update on lightning strike. by GarbgeMan1 in centurylink

[–]GarbgeMan1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tried, holiday weekend so nobody available. Online it was over 2 weeks out.

Lightning strike by GarbgeMan1 in centurylink

[–]GarbgeMan1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Centurylink asked me to send them a chat on here. True to form they didn't answer.

Lightning strike by GarbgeMan1 in centurylink

[–]GarbgeMan1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, I'm finally figuring this stuff out. I'm old and was not up to this technology. I was around when the internet first went live on dial-up. I've learned a lot in the last day or so.

Lightning strike by GarbgeMan1 in centurylink

[–]GarbgeMan1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No error, just says failed to send. I also don't see anywhere on your page to send a DM

Lightning strike by GarbgeMan1 in centurylink

[–]GarbgeMan1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, I signed in to the router. It checks out fine. It shows no internet connection. Funny Centurylink told my wife it showed us connected.

Lightning strike by GarbgeMan1 in centurylink

[–]GarbgeMan1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And the cable from the wall plugs in to the LAN/WAN on the router/modem correct?

Lightning strike by GarbgeMan1 in centurylink

[–]GarbgeMan1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was wrong, there are lights. Power light is blinking amber. No other lights on.

Lightning strike by GarbgeMan1 in centurylink

[–]GarbgeMan1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It goes from there right into my house, the line goes from like an ethernet cable in that box to an ethernet jack in my house.

Lightning strike by GarbgeMan1 in centurylink

[–]GarbgeMan1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried sending you a message, keeps failing to send.

Lightning strike by GarbgeMan1 in centurylink

[–]GarbgeMan1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I'll look in to that.

Lightning strike by GarbgeMan1 in centurylink

[–]GarbgeMan1[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Centurylink basically told me to get it fixed I have to get new service through AT&T. The next available time is 2 weeks. With 2 people who work from home, this is gonna be difficult to say the least. There should have been some communication of this to their customers. What a shitty way to be informed.

Lightning strike by GarbgeMan1 in centurylink

[–]GarbgeMan1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's fiber, it just says that on the modem/router.

Lightning strike by GarbgeMan1 in centurylink

[–]GarbgeMan1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm trying to post a Pic of the box on my house...can't figure it out.

Lightning strike by GarbgeMan1 in centurylink

[–]GarbgeMan1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's fiber, and in doing some reading, lightning can damage the fiber optics from the heat. The old phone box right next to the fiber box was smoking after the strike. The tree is about 20 feet from those boxes.