So my ISP, www.avvanta.com, had it out with Verizon, the DSL backbone provider, over the past couple of days.  According to Avvanta, Verizon had a faulty DS3 card that needed replacement.

So I'm wondering what is a DS3 card?   So I popped the term into Live Search and found the Cisco documentation on replacing a DS3 I/O card.  The following figure is a what a DS3 I/O card looks like:

I should say that I'm no network engineer, so please do not take the information here as being completely accurate. 

But if my research is accurate, oh the irony that a little 12 cm piece of fiberglass and resin would bring the network to its knees.

Yay!  I have a short break from school.  I start up again next Tuesday, but I could use the break.  I was becoming a little singed on the edges from going non-stop with school for the past two years.

This little reprieve should allow me to catch up on side projects and sleep!