Centurylink long distance and internet across America (and some Verizon that relies on their network, possibly Cable One) were down from 2am Pacific Thursday into Friday here for internet and full service wasn't restored nationwide until sometime today, couldn't even reach customer service or operators)...I couldn't even call my mom 40 miles away.
If you can't find a manual can opener and pork and beans you're in trouble. Credit card terminals were down, checks had to be accepted and the old standby imprinter machines for cards that are now frowned on for fraud risks had to be used again
It was 1974 all over again and awfully lonely.
You don't realize what a crock it is until this stuff breaks. One part went and coast to coast is crapola.
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