Blocked

I got blocked from using the Internet at the first motel I stayed at on this trip.

Apparently, if you try to open way, way, way, way, way too many tabs in a browser, open an e-mail program at the same time, then open a feed reader looking at several hundred feeds, the surge in traffic in the system generates an automatic block.

I called the tech people and got unblocked, but then it happened again right away and I gave up. iPhone tethering saved the day.