So, we do some fast-forward renos that update
a 1990s type of telephone interface; nothing too
emphatic - just Fritz!Box 7490 gracing Fritz!Fon
MT-F - and hooray the difference is dramatic, a
giant leap from where man flounders in - dare I
say it - lightening-caused electrical interference
we glibly term static; but it’s gone, disappeared
along with ingrained prejudices into the ether
Cognoscenti will say, wait a bit, that’s a ‘router’
isn’t it? Which it is - with a few tout suite extras
you’d rarely expect for either the price or geste
which make it a collectors piece - sure, there’s
a steep understanding curve to negotiate - but
we survived WLAN - WiFi tests & graduated
Internet access rates have doubled again - so
boring delays are rare, intuitive speed is scary
in a genre of anticipatory programs so used to
owning what and where to look, and best of all
even a headless chook could make it work - if
I sound cock-a-hoop its near enough the truth
So here we are, either blessed in intuitive ‘seer
like’ foresight or conned neat - ideas of internet
connects seamlessly interfaced, self-contained
with buckshee benefits, were pipe dreams; the
redundant gear strewn about says everything -
like ‘how the Hell could we have missed this’
© 27 June 2014, I. D. Carswell
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