Warning: Here's a first-world gripe.
Come Monday Morning, the CenturyTel DSL we enjoy at our Lakehouse slowed down to become extra craptastic.

Here are the pings to Google:
PING google.com (72.14.207.99): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=242 time=2268.945 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=242 time=2238.784 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=242 time=2208.223 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=242 time=2177.891 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=4 ttl=242 time=2150.244 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=5 ttl=242 time=2120.107 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=6 ttl=242 time=2089.441 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=7 ttl=242 time=2059.193 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=8 ttl=242 time=2028.967 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.207.99: icmp_seq=9 ttl=242 time=1998.596 ms
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1998.596/2134.039/2268.945/86.041 ms

And, just to be sure it wasn't trouble between the lappy and the gateway, here's a ping to the gateway:

PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=2.338 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=2.426 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=2.486 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=22.380 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=1.488 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=38.085 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=1.358 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=2.404 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=5.696 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=2.264 ms
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.358/8.092/38.085/11.668 ms


I don't honestly expect any of you to find this interesting or even informational. I'm mostly posting this to keep track of for testing next time I'm up here. Sure, I could just put a text file on a thumbdrive, but I've got the internet to do my thinking for me, Darn it!