Happy Sunday everyone,
I hope you are all doing well.
I've been busy this week; mostly with reading, running errands and grocery shopping, dealing with financial stuff, dealing with family needs, connecting with friends from far and administration concerning the community garden plot for summer 2023.
Recently completed; all equally good. |
In progress, a quirky but well written book. |
So today was an unexpected day of dealing with technology issues. I don't deal well with them at the best of times but since I had no communication services or television whatsoever I had no choice. The only thing working was my landline. I was fretting a bit because I have a very busy week ahead. I was also anxious about how much time it was all going to take because the telecommunications company I deal with is notoriously slow to connect you with a live human being. They always want to direct you to online services and it is usually the online services that are giving me an issue.
Thankfully once I connected to technical support I was able to get everything up and running again. I also asked to speak to someone about a new service plan. I had been trying off and on for a few months to do it myself but their system only let me see a deal that was not suitable for my needs. Again, I was able to get great customer service and get a deal for a much better price. My monthly bill will be $55 per month less ( for the exact same services ($660 savings for the year). Plus they gave me a theme pack of news channels (3 channels) completely free for one year (savings of $95 Canadian). Total savings is $756 Canadian in Year 1 and $ 660 in Year 2. I only wanted one news channel for my DH but the channels come in packages so we now have 3 additional news channels. I feel very blessed by the outcomes.
Altogether the time it took for getting things working and looking for monthly cost savings took about 2.5 hours of my time. Not too bad because I've sometimes waited that long just to talk to a live human being about an issue. Overall I find it very frustrating dealing with the company when I need them so today was a nice surprise and a real blessing. The bonus is that I don't need to have a technician come to my home or wait for new equipment to be delivered because both of these scenarios would have resulted in loss of services for as long as it took to get help.
In related technology matters I'd been having problems in trying to access a Kenyan missionary's blog for some months. Try as we might we could not seem to find a way to give me access to read and comment on her blog. Today we gave it one more try and thankfully it worked! That is another blessing because I love reading about her family's work and ministry in Kenya. I've been reading about their work in Kenya for about 10 years.
My good day was topped off by my being able to connect my wireless printer and get it working. I had been postponing the job due to internet and wi-fi issues which started a few weeks ago and culminated in lack of internet service last night. Today was the right time and everything is now in working order. Whew!
1 comment:
I absolutely hate dealing with technology. Hate it. So, well done on that front, Penny. How freaky to be without most everything -- at least you could call them. Your meals sound delicious. The toothpick tip is a good one.
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