Radio Silence

Well, I’m back (touch wood) after a few days without an Internet connection. My ISP (Internet Service Provider), XS4ALL, has been having problems this weekend. It also happened to be the weekend when my ADSL connection was scheduled to be moved from KPN across to XS4ALL. So, bright and early on Friday morning, KPN pulled their ADSL plug on my line. The idea was that XS4ALL would then plug in their ADSL service shortly afterwards. Alas, some network-wide problem hit them, with a few thousand subscribers being unable to get internet access, so they put a hold on adding new clients until they got it sorted. Me being one of them, of course.

 

Not having ADSL has both pushed my frustration levels up, but also given me the opportunity to catch up with my book reading. Hilary Mantel’s Beyond Black is highly recommended.

 

I even managed to be pleasant, and share a joke or two, with Dennis on the XS4ALL Helpdesk today. Clearly I’ve calmed down from the idiotic fury I was spitting at some hapless minion in network control last Saturday. Whoever you are, I’m sorry. My emotions got the better of me.