Down And Out
Grrrrrr, DSL is down. MCI Worldcom, the bankrupt crooks I buy my DSL from, are now apparently so cheap that they have no backup routers available. So when a single router goes down, they have no hot swap spares and I have to wait several hours for them to fix it.
worldcom will get a small slice of the iraq pie (and a foot in the door): http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3044775.stm
Bankrupt US telecom firm MCI, formerly known as WorldCom, has landed a contract to begin rebuilding Iraq’s shattered telecommunications network.
The US defence department deal, which appears to fall outside the mandate of USAID, the agency awarding other Iraq reconstruction contracts, is thought to be worth about $30m.