Well, well! Since making this post, little blockages seem to have started clearing! Credit card company making a refund to my account = to cost of calling them for starters
For seconds, a broadband speed test I have been needing to pass using IE in order to apply for some online work finally reached the required speed today (even though I had to take a different computer down to the local internet cafe and plug their ethernet it to do it
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Made a call about my landline and apparently it will be solved in 2 days (we'll see about that one, this is Egypt LOL!)