My crap DSL connection stopped working altogether during the night. Tech support is stumped. changing service but not until Wed. Typing this on my friggin phone. Ack!! I am adrift in meatspace. No Netflix tonight. Will have to read a book.
Q: FiOs or Xfinity? Which is better?

Wednesday? That's nearly a week away.... YIKES!
Might be a good time to fire up Sonar and spend a week recording without interruptions :)
 
This scenario reminds me of the 80's playing 48 weeks per year on the road. When I got a hotel room with a TV I accomplished nothing. Without a TV I recorded non stop on my old Tascam 244 Portastudio.

By next Wednesday you may be saying "why in hell did I ever want all that horseshiite". Or not.

Bit, 
Pick up the Destroyermen series books.  They are great. I am on the 4th book. I love it. No back lit screens, no blurry fonts, no email distractions. Just a plain ol paperback.  Great story.

Dave ,
I went 8 months with out home internet …honestly I was a happier person in a lot of ways ….
I spent all the time I would have spent on line playing my guitar , learning the piano , & learning a little bit here and there from some groove 3 videos I had purchased that are stored on a HD ….
 
If you really have a Bad internet Jones you can always take a trip to the library w a laptop if you have one w wifi …
That would give you unlimited internet access during library hours ….They do not meter you if you bring your own ..
If you don't have a laptop w wifi you can always use one of their desktop machines for a couple of hours ….
all you would need is a library card …..
One cool thing that i learned going that route ….the wifi is OK , but the machines they have for public use are hardwired ….I was able to download a few gigs of updates in much less than an hour using their machines and it was much faster than what I had at home when I was last connected ….
All I had to bring was an external flash drive ….
I mention that because I remember you had some past issues w download speeds at home when you updated your Sampletank ?
Sorry can't offer you much help as far as  FiOs or Xfinity? Which is better? …..
I thought of Fios but I don't have a phone plan that qualifies to keep the cost down ….
I'm using Xfinity at the moment…
 
good luck your a tough dude you can ride it out for a few more days if you have too,
 
Kenny
 

Bapu gets the shakes at the mere thought of not having the internet up and available. 

I had an internet-free month a while back. I was panicking and rushing to the library with a laptop every morning..for about 3 days, then I realised I wasn't actually doing anything constructive online. It's just a habit.

jamesg1213
I had an internet-free month a while back. I was panicking and rushing to the library with a laptop every morning..for about 3 days, then I realised I wasn't actually doing anything constructive online. It's just a habit.

Define "constructive." 

If you have unlimited on your phone and a usb cord. You can set up a mobile hotspot. If your phone doesn't support that without an app, I think Tether me is free. I've streamed Netflix like that once but did have a few dropouts.

Day one internet-free is going better than expected. I trimmed my beard (once a year whether it needs it or not), did laundry, took a walk, called my granddaughter, finished reading the Todd Rundgren biography. Burned 10 minutes typing this on my phone. I think I'll do ok.
Will check out Destroyermen but I have to do kindle 'cause of my bad eyes. Maybe a trip to Starbucks is in order.