Quote from Picaso:
Leaving politics aside, it's a bit more complicated. Treasuries - which are more closely related to the belief or lack thereof in the US solvency than the stock market is - are holding just fine. Lots of trouble in Europe, Japan mired in its perennial state of semi-recession, China and India past their days of wine and roses, etc.
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I do (in Europe, by Vodafone), it's a DSL router that also has a 3G mobile pen-drive connected so if it loses the land-line, it automatically connects via mobile.