I heard from Mark that last night around
3:00 am that the DSL
provider is upgrading the software on their equipment at the same time that
the local phone company (no names but its initials are BellSouth) 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.
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