Slow Zone

My local cable company just boosted its broadband speeds for most customers in the Twin Cities, while holding the line on price. Those of us who had been on the 6Mbps tier have been bumped up to 12Mbps. Normally, this news would have me smiling; anything that will give me faster access to videos of chimps riding Segways has to be a good thing. Unfortunately, my own Internet connection seems to have caught a cold in the last few days. I’m averaging about 800Kbps, not much better than dial-up. A lengthy call to tech support didn’t solve the problem, so I’ll be roughing it until the tech pays a visit on Friday. Keep me in your thoughts during this time of hardship.