Mmmm . . . as you know, in Texas, my neighbors allowed me to haul power from their home for five days after my home was cut off and the neighbor on the other side mowed my lawns. Here, in this wilderness I grew up in, the folks next door show enough spare power to cook a chicken with (on inSSIDer) but are loth to allow me hook into their router despite them not using a tenth of their bandwidth and even offering to pay half their monthly bill. I'm having serious thoughts about heading back to the US and taking the risk with the medical issues. August, and I put the heating on tonight. Being homesick has its limits.
I'm still on my pal's FON link, so may be cut off. Hope tomorrow is a better day.
mixture, I'm looking at all options and will re-read your post when tonight's anesthetic wears off.