Hi guys,
Am back on line. Hope this time it's for real, don't plan on getting sick and hope no other goofy person digs up a cable while making a pound and not report it to the cable company. That's why it took so long to get fixed. The whole neighborhood was without internet. The guy who dug up the cable eventually put 2+2 together and after a struggle got the answer and phoned the company after 3 days of not having internet himself. He had put the cable back in the ground so they had to dig it all up again.
Have a nice day everybody.
David