The internet was getting wonky. Wifi was spotty. Load times were increasing. The whole “at home internet experience” was deteriorating.

Then, last night, KABOOM! In one dialog box the entire internet was lost to me.

First I panicked. Then I called my ISP. Then I called them again. THEN, after a few hours, I got reconnected, but wifi was gone. I marched my Time Capsule in to the Apple Store. They said it was fine. It wasn’t yet. In the meantime, internet had slowed to a crawl again. I called my ISP again. They decided it was time to send a dude, the next day in fact. Today. I almost missed the dude, since they ALWAYS take your number down wrong and so I never got the 30 minute warning. I caught him as he was leaving. Whatever. Another hour and a new modem later we were back online. Time Capsule, however, was not. What are the chances of both going to shit at the same time?? Only me….  So my afternoon (6 hours in fact) were spent trouble-shooting the Time Capsule thing.

Long story short: I ALWAYS buy the Apple Care. Have never, in two iMacs 3 iPhones countless iPods and shuffles, have I ever used it. This Time Capsule is the only purchase I have made and NOT bought Apple Care. So of course I needed it. I would have been covered. I would have not spent all this TIME.

Ai dios mio!!!

SO anyhoo, I eventually wiped the whole thing clean and reset as if it were new. And now it works.

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