Awash

So… back safely from my foray into P-Town, which is literally awash, as I suspected. Journeying through P-Town during or just after a major rainstorm gives the Green Hornet a better water-tightness test than running it through the car wash. (It passed the test, in case you’re wondering.) There were at least two times when I thought a Duck would be more appropriate than a Hornet (Green, one each) for navigating the canals streets of P-Town.

Now about that fiber connection. It’s a tale of woe and slippage due to weather (the ice and snow we had in December and January) and problems with the fiber itself. According to the lady I spoke with at Yucca Telecom there were (unspecified) problems with the fiber which stopped installation and forced “some” re-work. Stuff happens with large scale wiring projects like this, and I know from personal experience. Still and even I’d be less than honest if I said I wasn’t disappointed. I am.

But I have an application in hand for a fiber connection which should be delivered towards the end of May or the first part of June, at the latest. A TWO MEGABIT connection, which is a five-fold increase over the (theoretical) 384 Kbps connection I have today.

I can’t wait. But I will.