The Islands' Sounder - Orcas Island, Washington Letters To The Editor
On Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 1, a call arrived on my answering machine from a representative at CenturyLink: "Hi, this is Jeff at CenturyLink. My tech tells me that Orcas Online is going out of business and we're wondering what you'll be doing for internet service."
I had received an email from Orcas Online the beginning of October informing me that in order to offer DSL they had to rent phone lines from CenturyLink and the cost had become too high for Orcas Online to stay competitive. My DSL connection expired on Oct. 31. The following day I received the call from CenturyLink.