I'm back FINALLY.  I switched high speed servers from Telus to Primus and in doing so, Primus messed up and neglected to tell me that I should've called Telus right away to notify them of the change so that they would have time to do whatever they have to do by law before I could switch.  (Don't ask me......) 

So, I was without internet access for a week and a half.  sheeeeeeeesh.