Wasn't So Difficult, Was It?

19 mins. w/ an actual human (starting w/ a robot who soon transferred me to "Manny") & activation achieved. Whew. Once I'd given Manny the MAC & serial numbers most of the time was spent waiting for Spectrum/Charter's devil-boxes to finish whatever the eff they were up to. Never takes this long when the computers are getting a credit card number, does it?

Nagonna arse myself to reconnect the Starry router & compare actual numbers, but downloading to the 'phone seems considerably faster.

Out w/ the old ... Must admit, the low profile made it easy to fit almost anywhere.

There's always something ...

Important: Support for Chromecast (1st gen) has ended. It no longer receives software or security updates, and Google doesn't provide technical support. Users may notice a degradation in performance.

I was an early adopter. Now I get to spend hrs. wandering about the iNternet to see if there's a way around this irritation other than giving someone money. I did unplug it, maybe it'll set itself up. Was no Google Home then (Apparently necessary to make one work now.) so we'll see.

Somewhat later: Worked! No silly application needed, a hard reboot, & for all I know I could've just hit the reset button. 

We'll see how long this positive state continues.