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The wheel fell off the tractor.

In other words, there are hardware issues down on the farm. Blogging will be sporadic until they are remedied.

Update:

The most excellent tech support at my ISP determined that my cable modem died. I’ve had it for a number of years, and, as my old auto repairman used to say, it doesn’t owe me a dime.

I have my beefs with my ISP, but they are mostly policy-related. Their tech support is competent and capable.

In the meantime, I’ve been using my cell phone’s hotspot capability, and it has worked quite nicely; indeed, it has exceeded my fears expectations. It’s not as fast as cable, but it’s faster than DSL.

I won’t mention my carrier’s name, but I’ve used it since it was called Voicestream, and I have no intention of changing, because, with it, I get what I pay for.

Update De-Dum-Dum:

It turned that it was the router, not the cable modem, that was kaput. I got a new router, a Netgear, today, and configured it up and it’s working quite nicely. I still need to tweak it a bit, but I am favorably impressed with the interface.

I never liked the Belkin anyway. I’m glad it’s kaput.

The tech from my ISP who identified the culprit was adept and competent, as well as pleasant to deal with.