Last Wednesday night at 10:38 our site went down. Our ADSL provider is going out of business and we had to find a new one. Without warning, the switch was made. Unfortunately the new company hadn't yet sent us their special modem. It arrived Thursday afternoon. The Mancunian spent all Thursday evening trying to set us up. But we couldn't connect to the new host. I spent all Friday morning on the phone with tech support who decided we needed the phone company to come out and fix the DSL line. The old company had split the phone and data lines outside our phone box so that we had a dedicated data line. For some reason this didn't work with the new company. But as it was the weekend, turns out we couldn't get the phone company in.
Saturday morning, the Mancunian rewired the phone line himself. We were back on the internet. But we still didn't have DNS for the Zanthan site, so it was still down. And so was my email.
Like any sudden withdrawal, the first day was painful and disorienting. I've come to depend so much on the net for the news of the war, the weather, chatting with friends, looking up information on gardening or Japan, and shopping. After the first couple of days, I accepted the fact that my connection to the world was gone. The initial pang was reduced to a hollow ache. I was restless and grumpy. (She's always restless and grumpy. --ed.)
One positive thing resulted. I was able to complete a project I've put off for a long time--mapping the circuits in our house. With our server down, I was allowed to turn off and unplug all the computers. Now with the circuits mapped, I've figured out with circuit used to run to the garage and can rewire the garage. Wow. We'll have power in the garage and an entryway light to boot.
Posted by M Sinclair Stevens
April 07, 2003
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Of course we all noticed I think. As it always showed a ! sign for daily update check as well as "couldn't find the site" bla bla bla thing. Glad you are back.
Comment by: Ken Loo. Posted April 8, 2003 09:45 AM.
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I'm back. I'm back. I'm back. Hmm. I wonder if anyone noticed I was gone.