Michael Pearce wrote:
Be aware that the university's
friendly net probider took the university offline for some hours
yesterday
Apparently some contractor decided to dig up the fiber optic cable that
feeds the campus - Not the ISP's fault this time.
That must be the same digger that has taken out Snap Internet / iNet's
dialup lines since c2pm yesterday. It's the only non-momentary link-drop
I can report in all the (5+?) years I've been with them. So this is why
I've been maintaining an Xtra 'Wireless Jetstream' (c56K effective)
account as well! Typically, after 2.5 years of major underuse, I had
only just downgraded my data plan with Xtra; gotta love that Murphy!
It made it hard for me to work yesterday afternoon - actually had to use
paper based catalogs and data books and use the phone!!!
Mike
My mail processing is reduced too, away from archive.
- Rik
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