I have been without a working, high-speed connection for too long. Today, the Internet was finally hooked up and I can tell you that I don't think I would have been able to make it one more day without it.
I kept checking the connection every half hour from 8 am hoping that it would work. And then, at 12:15 pm (ok, so I checked every 15 minutes) the miracle happened. My DSL modem made a connection and I could browse the Internet. At a snail's pace! My modem was telling me I should be getting 20Mbps (FAST!) but all I could get on my laptop was 800 kbps (slow). Five hours, one firmware update and a lot of wireless network tweaking later, Carla and I are able to surf the 'net at 19.2 Mbps. Not too shabby!
I have already used 10% of my monthly quota in 3 hours, so I think I should step away from my computer and eat or sleep, as I have been neglecting both. :-)
It feels so good to be back online. You don't know how much you depend on it until it is gone.
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