Without a 'Net

I am still without an Internet connection at home, and MetroCast customers from most of New Hampshire and communities in other New England states are still without service.

I have no idea when the service will be back, but until it is we have no phone. I'm able to blog (without breaking the site this time) from the library, because they use a different ISP, but the files I need to update the site otherwise are at home, disconnected from the rest of the world. It's a shame, because I have some really cool pictures from my new camera, and some that Karen took with her phone while I was stuck at the resort.

The outage has been inconvenient for us, but a major issue for many of the businesses in New Hampshire that depend on the Internet to communicate with customers, accept orders, and process payments. MetroCast has much to answer for during this incident; their communication has been horrible. Town selectmen have been complaining that they have not way to contact anyone to get updates for their constituents.

Meanwhile, we keep plugging along with all the things that we do without the Internet. When we're done at the library, Karen will go swimming at the resort (and I'm sure I'll get an earful from the desk about how horrible it's been without the Internet), and we'll go home to work on dinner and the house.

And, with any kind of luck, we'll be connected again soon.