So my internet connection is not quite dead, but moving with all the alacrity and determination of a zombie well-fed on human flesh. It has, in fact, dropped below speeds that designated speed-testing websites are able to register.

Verizon of course is to blame, for the simple obvious fact that it WORKED, then it DIDN'T, with no changes being made to anything under my control. Of course, they won't cop to it; tech support fed me the usual lines of "reboot, even though you did it repeatedly!" and then claims they can neither help me nor escalate their ticket because their line-testing tool is down. In other words, bullshit of the highest caliber. Verizon works just great when they work, and in fairness they do work the vast majority of the time, but when they drop the ball, you can't make them pick it up with anything less than world-shaking effort.

So yay, I get to spend tomorrow on the phone fighting with them. This is not how I wanted to spend my last day mostly-off before I go into a punishing stretch before my vacation.