Slow speeds with Bresnan sometimes, but good customer service
July 14, 2008 | Filed Under Seriously/Real Stuff | 4 Comments
Credit Bresnan customer service for being far more polite that Qwest and having almost no waiting-on-hold times. However, Internet speeds are really noticeably slow from time to time. I can fetch a cup of coffee while a page loads, and come back to discover it is still not loaded. This varies according to time of day, and most of the time it is fast, but the slow times can be annoying. Fortunately, they are few and far between.
Sometimes I wonder if it is simply not possible to get great Internet speeds from any ISP here in southeastern Montana.
Any useful info? It would be welcome, just leave a comment.
UPDATE: First of all, sorry for the delay in getting to your comments. I’ve switched email clients (from Mac’s mail.app to Thunderbird) and missed a lot of emails, but was able to recover them. Second, I am experiencing great speeds with Bresnan now, and appreciate the response from one of their network techs below! I continue to give Bresnan good marks for customer service. I had to call about the TV service recently and I got fast service with no on-hold times, and they were polite, too. And they fixed the probelm right away.
Livingston’s 9th Street Bridge endangered
June 20, 2008 | Filed Under Breaking News, Seriously/Real Stuff, Around town | 1 Comment
On Thursday the rapid and rising Yellowstone River undermined a pier on the 9th Street Bridge causing it to sag. Island residents were evacuated on foot, wearing helmets and life vests and escorted by emergency crew. Some of the folks who chose to stay on the island were evacuated by helicopter today. It is estimated that about 10 people remain on the island as well as numerous pets and some horses. The bridge continues to drop and the Montana Department of Transportation believes that it will collapse. Search and Rescue boats and Bailey Bridge components were brought in. Flood advisory, hydrology report, and news links follow the slide show.
Today’s pictures:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) advisories.
Hydrology report/graph for the Yellowstone River near Livingston.
News stories:
- “Livingston bridge expected to collapse” Updated: June 20, 2008 05:28 PM. Reporting from KBZK in Bozeman. “A Livingston bridge that is over 50 years old is on the brink of collapsing. We’re told the 9th Street bridge has dropped 7 inches since this morning.”
- “Livingston bridge closed for fear of collapse” June 19, 2008: “LIVINGSTON, Mont. (AP) - A one-lane bridge that crosses the Yellowstone River here was on the brink of collapse Thursday after being pounded by rising, fast-moving water for weeks, authorities said. Park County officials closed the Ninth Street bridge at about 4:30 p.m. after it began to sag noticeably.”
- Sagging Montana bridge prompts island evacuation
Call for entries from Montana artists - Tacoma Art Museum’s 9th Annual Biennial
June 10, 2008 | Filed Under Seriously/Real Stuff, Around town | Leave a Comment
The Tacoma Art Museum is accepting works from Montana (and other Northwest) artists for its 9th Annual Biennial Exhibition.
HOW TO ENTER: Entry Deadline: Saturday, July 26, 2008, midnight Applications only accepted online at www.callforentry.org Only work created since January 2007 will be considered. Read the complete press release: Rich Text Format | PDF
ABOUT THE BIENNIAL [excerpted from the TAM Web site]:
Artists working in a wide variety of media including traditional forms, craft-based work, and digital projects are encouraged to apply. Artists exploring alternative visual forms such as conceptual, performance, and installation are also encouraged to submit applications.
Above: 9th Annual Biennial Logo, © Tacoma Art Museum