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Ten Minute Leases
The router blinks red. Ten minute leases. Grams smells a NAK.

The router blinks red. Ten minute leases. Grams smells a NAK.

An hour on hold, then a shouting match, then they give him an email address. Progress.

Every assistant agrees: report them. He reads the RFC to be sure. He is sure.

He chucks the bad packet in a drain. He will check next week for dead rats.

New provider, full speed restored. The old one never did answer his ticket.