for folks who are web challenged

casting my electrons to the solar winds .... Guys, currently can not web surf ( likely outage to last all day or maybe longer???? ) In fact I've been told it's a nation wide problem at Verio <grrrrrrrrr> so please a brief synopsis of the story or ??/ you are remarkingon? it would help the (web) surf challenged a great deal. TIA j afterthought: Why are cigarettes sold in gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?