Computer Oddyssey

[ny biker]

Congrats on a successful conversion. I need to embark on a cable modem odyssey -- my wifi signal keeps disappearing and I'm pretty sure the old Comcast modem is the culprit. They told me to upgrade it ages ago but I ignored them because I was afraid I'd have trouble getting the new one to work with my router, and then I'd be trapped in an endless circle of "the problem is not our device, you have to call the other device's tech support." But I can't ignore it any longer so last week I did some research and found a highly-rated modem that I could buy to use with Comcast's service, and I bought it from Micro-center which has great tech support. Now I just need to take it out of the box and figure out how to hook it all up. Of course I'm putting it off because I rarely get through this sort of thing without frustration and anxiety. I really do need to dive in and deal with it though -- once I get the new modem working, I can return the old one and stop paying the monthly rental fee to Comcast.

(One reason I'm putting off hooking up the modem is that I'm still going through the New Phone Odyssey. It took so long to back up stuff from the phone and get the contacts transferred, and I'm still figuring out how to use some of the basic apps. This morning I had a voice mail and couldn't figure out how to listen to it. I can only take so much tech frustration.)