Internet Connections, The Most Unreliable Of Resources!

      Okay, so I was going to post something earth shattering yesterday and of course I can't because I have no internet connection.  I got my first clue when the laptop wouldn't connect. The second clue was when I hear my husband fussing because he can't get on the internet  on our laptop.  So we suck it up and do without.
     So this morning I pull out the trusty lap top and guess what?  When I try to connect I get the lovely gray screen with the spinning thing on it.  So I go to the desk top and get the same result. The husband calls and he gets a recording that service has been knocked out in our area and will be back up in three hours.
     Now my question is, how do they know it will be back up in three hours? Did they just pick that number out of a hat or do they actually know it will be three hours because they planned it?  If that is the case, why don't they just say so?
Walking through the room I saw on the news that internet service was out in several areas around us. That kind of makes me wonder if this was actually planned to slow down our social networking. Don't they know they can cause someone severe damage to their psyche preventing them from posting online all their life relevant comments?  Have they not heard of cyber