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No Internet!

I switched to Teksavvy on March 17 and all was well and fine until a week later when I realized that the Internet wasn’t working.  I waited a day to see if anything would fix itself but nothing.

Friday evening I call them up and say they say that they have been getting reports of Rogers Cable physically disconnecting the cable afterward.  Sure enough, I look in my front door and there is a note saying they visited and they would offer me some kind of deal like ‘six months free Internet’ if I come back to them!  Doh!

So here I am waiting for my Internet to be reconnected.  What a pain in the ass!  They are trying to schedule me sometime this week but I haven’t heard anything from them.

I must admit that it is very, very strange to not have Internet at the house.  I had not realized how much I rely on the Internet for general life.  Let me point out a few things that occurred over the weekend:

– I was thinking of checking out some vacuum cleaner reviews and realized I could not.
– I wanted to check out the interest accumulated on my investments (for my taxes) but could not.
– I usually wake up on a Sunday morning and check out the new headlines…nada.
– I wanted to download some new True Blood episodes for Vero.  Ain’t gonna happen.
– I was trying to figure out a piano chord and it took a little more thought than simply searching on the Internet (this may be a blessing in disguise!)

Sunday was quite a strange day for myself.  I puttered around the house looking for a few things to do.  However, I realize now that I did get a few things in order…I started learning piano again, I caught up on a few TV shows and comic books I had been meaning to read.

All in all, it was a strange experience to not be surrounded by the Internet and I’m not sure if I’m better for it.  Perhaps I should adopt a ‘no-Internet policy’ on Sundays at the house.  I find that some of my time on the Internet is to waste away a Sunday morning.  But I could be doing other things to waste it away!  Like reading a book I purchased awhile back, or learning an instrument.

It’s been an interesting experience and I’m not sure how long it will last…