Entry to the shadowy nether-world of Fremont East.
Never go hungry in Las Vegas L.E. is back!!!
His computer again connects to the elusive Internet (thanks to a generous genius).See story below.
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L.E. Fant possibly helps you save money!! AGAIN!! with $8.00 prescription eyeglasses!!
Yesterday L.E. took an eye exam and was provided with a prescription for corrective lenses by the optometrist.
L.E. then attended a store which sells eyeglasses to get estimates with the intention of placing an order.
The optometrist had recommended a “bi-focal without line” as being suitable. The price for this type of lens was quoted as $178 plus frames.
L.E. next asked how much it would cost to have lenses which “darkened or lightened” depending upon light conditions. These were quoted as being $398 plus frames.
There were other permutations to consider including a basic single vision long distance lens and separate reading glasses. L.E. Fant was becoming somewhat confused and decided to ponder the purchase details at home as he was leaning towards having separate glasses for long and short distances.
L.E. decided he should make price comparisons to determine whether the offer was good value.
An Internet search found http://zennioptical.com/cart/home.php where single vision glasses including frames are available for a mere $8.00 per pair. Shipping is a further $4.95 for any number of sets. The most expensive glasses appear to be $78 which is for progressive (L.E. guesses this means “no-line” bi-focals with photo chromatic lenses (the light to dark ones). If similar this is approximately $300 less than L.E. was quoted by the store.
L.E. cautions that he has yet to deal with this company and has no indications of the quality of its product, however, he is now ordering a set or two in order to find out and will relate his experience to you.
EMBARQ JOINS COX IN THE DIGITAL DISASTER and SHOWS ITSELF TO NOT BE L.E. FANT's FRIEND IN THE DIGITAL AGE!!
[Continuing Computer Saga: L.E. Suffers at the hands of Embarq technician with admitted large (physical) head].
Readers may recall that last week L.E.’s computer failed to connect to the Internet (hence sparse posts). You may recall that L.E. received advice from an Embarq technical advisor with a large head (he admitted his head was physically large).
That person told L.E. to call the support division for his wireless router and to ensure that they understood that Embarq used DHCP protocol not PPOE (which requires a password to access the Internet connection). Her went on at length to tell L.E. that he will likely find the router support people will not believe that Embarq DSL uses DHCP and L.E. must insist or hang up and redial to get a different technician online who will be convinced of the use of DHCP.
When L.E. called the router technical support technician The ensuing conversation was short. The technician asked whether L.E. could connect his computer directly to the Internet (not via his router). When L.E. disclosed that he could not do so the technician told L.E. he must call back Embarq and establish that direct connection before calling the router folk back.
L.E. was now extremely frustrated by these events and had a thought that maybe if he purchased a new modem it would magically repair the problem as it had learned no bad computer type habits.
Another trip to Fry’s Electronics provided the modem (together with a Cuisinart rice cooker/ steamer which according to L.E.’s “she who must be obeyed” would fit nicely upon the countertop).
L.E. connected and reconnected the equipment to no avail-still no Internet directly to the computer –only via his old router-not the new router.
Then salvation!!
L.E.’s good friend (and I.T. manager) found time(actually made time available despite his extremely busy schedule) to review L.E.’s setup. He was confused by a screen which showed a PPOE set up (remember the words of the man with the large (physically) head?
L.E.’s genius friend than made a call to Embarq where he was fortunate to connect with a technical support technician who did not claim a large head. When queried regarding the DHCP and PPOE connections this representative stated that when Embarq took over from Earthlink the connection type changed from PPOE to DHCP. He further stated that the Embarq modem type which L.E. had (and had disclosed to the man with the large head) was configured for PPOE and should have been exchanged by Embarq some time ago for a new modem. Also that “Engineering” had to change the connection at the Embarq host before L.E. could connect using DHCP.
Luckily L.E.’s genius friend had a spare modem which when set up connected L.E.’s computer directly to the Internet. To unravel all the changes L.E. had made in his desperate attempts took L.E.’s friend most of the day. This meant he had to wear old (large size-not which fit his new trim size) pants and shirts to work today.
L.E. sincerely thanks his genius friend for his unselfish generosity (again).
Without his help L.E. would doubtless still be ensnared by the evil web of deceit created by Embarq’s technician with the large head as L.E. believed (and had no reason to know otherwise) that DHCP was the only connection type used by Embarq.
L.E. leaves his readers to invoke the moral of this story.
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