Ugh! Man, sorry about what happened with your original job.  However, it looks like things are looking up for you. Congratulations on the cable internet installs and good luck as well on your new biz.

I myself got that yucky feeling of being laid off...and this was from an internship...hahaha! It's all good though.  I now work for Network Operations at school and am learning so much more than I would have ever learned off of the internship.  On top of that, you really can't beat all the free Cisco training I'm getting to boot!  I guess sometimes bad things are actually blessings in disguise.  I hope the same applies to you.