What time zone, please? Thanks Tony -----Original Message----- Thanks for the heads-up. This is the first I've heard about it. On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 08:32:42 -0800, Wm. R. Ulman <twolaneblacktop@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Forgive the post to everyone, but if you have Comcast high speed internet > you need to be aware of upcoming upgrades on Sunday 1/9/05 > > Starting at 12:01 AM Sunday morning until 12:00 PM Comcast is doing some > cable upgrades, and YOU CANNOT LET YOUR COMPUTER SHUT OFF, REBOOT, OR GO > INTO SLEEP MODE. If you do, you will loose your modem connection and that > will cause a multitude of problems. You most likely received a email from > Comcast saying not to shut off your modem, or REBOOT your computer. I > called and asked about letting my computer shut itself down as if I were > away for over a half hour, or sleep mode. I was told not to let it do that. > > I plan on keeping Windows Media player open and playing my music, which has > about 10 hours of music, and set it to LOOP, so it automatically starts > playing over again so as to keep the computer up and running during this > time. Will just shut off my speakers when I go to bed, and have the "glow" > of the screen act as a nightlight I guess. > > I told Comcast they need to let people know this because many people will > just let their computers go to "sleep" thinking it is not really shut off, > but that would be just like turning it off. I told them they should send > out another email letting people know of this, but I'm sure they won't, and > will have millions of very unhappy customers Sunday afternoon who can not > connect due to not having had the required upgrades installed on their > computers. > > Just thought I would pass this on to fellow Imperialists so we can all > receive our daily dose of priceless Imperial email. > > Have a great day, weekend everyone! > > Bill Ulman -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Jon http://mywebpages.comcast.net/redramqc/redramqc.htm ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm