Internet service at our house was provided by one roomie who had the account in his name. This precious roomie now leaves, taking the precious service with him. No big deal — we just change the account over to one who still lives here (in this case, wedge55) and continue paying the bills. Right?

The process, however, appears to entail a minimum of two weeks’ downtime while the account is changed over. This morning, wedge55 called a service representative attempting to determine what the hell could take two weeks, considering that the process is entirely electronic. The service representative explained that they would have to wait for the service to “fall off” before they could make any changes to the account.

The hell?

So it seems that our service had been “tied off” and was in the process of “shriveling up.” This eventually leads to the point where it “falls off” — internet service as ancient medicine. Our house is severed from the web (or, has been “bled with leeches”) and I survive off the internet connection at work. What this means for you is that the infrequency of updates won’t change.

Have fun, kids!

(vector_black falls off)