Obviously a major DSL malfunction

I switched our DSL service over to Speakeasy.
They had a service level comparable to what we had at Cloud9 for about half of the cost.

The switch occurred this morning.

Unfortunately, the new modem has yet to arrive.

Various flailing and hand waving at the old modem has not succeeded in getting it to work with the new service. Not a huge surprise, but in theory it should be possible. Just no in practice.

So now I'm using dialup for the first time in many months. Oh, the pain, the agony.

Ok, actually it's not too bad but I'm avoiding doing anything of substance beyond posting here and fixing a couple immediate problems with something I run.

I just may be a genius

I figured out how to get the Zyxel modem we have from Cloud9 working with Speakeasy. I know nothing about DSL, but I do know how to keep flipping bits and options until something works.

Ok, ok, I'm not a genius, I have techno-ADD.