I'm in love with my new Motorola Surfboard
Broadband Cable Modem! It's like an old lover back in my hands.
You see, I knew this modem very, very well. I
also had affairs with Linksys , 3Com, RCA and too many others to count, but
the Surfboard... that was my baby.
In another life, this now Jill of All
Trades-Mistress of None... was part of the Research and Development team of
AT&T Cable...now Comcast. I
spent many days and nights writing specs and testing modems readying them for
their debut on the network. I made sure they could carry the loads that would
be asked of them. I taught them to release their IP addresses when asked to,
not just when they felt like it and I always made sure they were powerful.
Some did not perform, could not perform. Others were way too eager to download. It was a delicate dance between me, the
modems, and executives that pimped them. A word from me could keep them from
ever riding the internet highway.
Temperamental executives could cause political uneasiness, modems too
naive would make the customers angry. A
fine dance it was.
My Surfboards never
let me down. They were loyal, quick, and sleek. The perfect fit in my hand and
on my network. It was true love.
That
was several years ago, but as I sit gazing at my new love found again.... it's
pc/activity light winking flirtatiously at me, I feel a small tingle in my hard
drive just fantasizing where it will take me.
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