Disconnect

Went to the telephone company today to see about arranging for phone and DSL service at the new apartment. If moving day is Saturday, then ideally, I'd have the phone line up in the new place Friday, so I could plug things right in and be back up and running (for certain values of "running").

OTE said: yeah, we can do that. Call tomorrow after 11:00 to arrange an appointment with a tech. Oh, be aware that in order for that to be done this week, phone service at the old apartment will be cut off from tomorrow.

So, no phone, no net access. Communication from work only, which will be limited.

(The good news is that they won't change my phone number; since it's the same neighborhood, I keep that.)

Hypothetical

If you knew one day in advance that you were going to be cut off from the Information Superhighway for a week, and that you'd lose your telephone into the bargain, how would you react?

(For myself, it's a matter of listing the must-get-done downloads - mainly Windows 7 drivers and the like - and getting out back-in-a-week-or-two messages before work tomorrow. And it's less of a burden because I'm going to be packing up for the move *anyway*.)