Inet up and running!

We have achieved connectivity! Today we received a visit from a pleasant Verizon technician (really!), who figured out that the problem with my DSL connection was a bad card at the local central office. Once the card was replaced (and an hour and a half had passed by), the connection is up and running. In fact, the wireless network is allowing me to recline in our middle bedroom in relative comfort of an air-conditioned 72 degrees. Yes, I’m sitting on an air mattress in a bare room surrounded by the suggestion of tater tot aroma, but given the conditions of the last few weeks, that’s pretty darn good!