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                                  Aaaaaaaah!

I heard from Mark [1] that last night around 3:00 am that the DSL (Digital
Subscriber Line) provider is upgrading the software on their equipment at the
same time that the local phone company (no names but its initials are
BellSouth [2]) is upgrading the software on their equipment and well for the
past 17 hours the Internet connectivity has gone to Hell.

Nice job, guys. Ever hear of rollbacks?

Okay, okay, cheap shot, but man, we're jonsing for Internet connectivity
here. It's been bad all day … can't get to a site … can't get to a site …
can't get to a—wait! We got a page! Woo hoo! Click on a link and … can't get
to the site.

Trying to log in to a remote server is just as fun. Nope—that box is refusing
ssh connections. Still refusing. Is it … yes! It connected! I'm logged in and
… the connection is frozen.

Sob.

Good news though: we have a dial up account (good thing I hadn't gotten
around to getting rid of the second phone line). Bad news: the number is
busy.

Okay, things could be worse and for that I'm grateful.

[1] http://www.conman.org/people/myg/
[2] http://www.bellsouth.com/

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