We Lost Internet for a Week: Here’s What Happened

A construction oops knocked out our internet, and we adjusted — poorly

Gwenna Laithland
Nov 6 · 4 min read
Photo by bruce mars from Pexels

Crews have been crawling over my little town neighborhood for the last month, it seems. Two internet provider companies available in my area are competing to either bury fiber internet lines or see who can be a bigger dick.

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Gwenna Laithland

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Gwenna Laithland is a professional writer, humorist, and essayist. Contact her at GwennaLaithland@gmail.com

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