I made myself busy until just after 12:00 and then checked Zen’s alert page. It was still showing “12:00 estimated” but I thought it was worth trying my connection.

The quick way to do this, I have found, it to try loading the Bing Web browser on my phone. If the connection is good, this pops up instantly.

I tried it and it popped up instantly. I fired up the PC and it too connected. Why doesn’t Zen’s alerts indicate “Clear”? Perhaps the connection is not guaranteed secure yet? Time will tell. For now, though, my window in the world is open once more.