When you have been without your Internet for most of the day, you can understand why some people would say that having Internet is a basic human right. I thought at first the problem was due to a virtual private network that I was using that was not functioning properly. I spent at least an hour fiddling and twiddling with the settings for the VPN. It was when I checked the phone and the phone was also not working that confirmed the problem was elsewhere. So I took the dog out for a walk and went to find the technical guys of the telegraph pole to ask them when they would get it working again for me.

It took a couple of hours and a second visit to them to get the job fixed and finished. Now I have Internet again and I can smile once more.