Comments on: Status http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/status-4/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:23:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/status-4/comment-page-1/#comment-89602 James Joyner Wed, 12 Jul 2006 22:01:04 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/07/status-4/#comment-89602 Indeed. They said they'd send out a tech Friday afternoon. Needless to say, I was less than pleased. Indeed. They said they'd send out a tech Friday afternoon. Needless to say, I was less than pleased.

]]> By: Caliban Darklock http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/status-4/comment-page-1/#comment-89598 Caliban Darklock Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:37:28 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2006/07/status-4/#comment-89598 This usually means the problem was their fault and immensely stupid. The idea is that if they say "it's not on our end", you will do something on *your* end, and think whatever YOU did fixed it. Generally, an ISP does this when they are embarrassed to explain the problem. Like "someone decided to warm up a ham sandwich by placing it on top of the router's ventilation grille, so the router overheated and shut down". This usually means the problem was their fault and immensely stupid.

The idea is that if they say "it's not on our end", you will do something on *your* end, and think whatever YOU did fixed it.

Generally, an ISP does this when they are embarrassed to explain the problem. Like "someone decided to warm up a ham sandwich by placing it on top of the router's ventilation grille, so the router overheated and shut down".

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