I resemble that. Somehow the lack of internet out where I live has ended up with me building an 85km FTTH network over the past 4 years. Hopefully it will double in size this year now that it's finally bootstrapped to profitability.
Agreed! I had a recent experience with no internet and was running around my house yanking coax cables, checking my electrical cupboard and whacking the router.
Turns out, there was a line issue outside my house :P
Would you please not cross into personal attack? It's not allowed here, and it's particularly destructive in highly emotional areas like parenting. Please make your substantive points without that and without name-calling.
"Moving: There are few forces more powerful than geeks desperately trying to get internet in a new apartment."
If my parents turned off the internet, or just blocked youtube, my #1 mission would be to restore that service by whatever means possible.