The problem started yesterday morning. When I tried to get online after breakfast I got an error message telling me our home network wasn't available. Son Donald did some moving-around of wires and determined we could still surf the Web by going downstairs and plugging the computer directly into the ethernet cable. Mid-afternoon that stopped, too. (We get our service through the cable company. The TV still works.)
All day I wandered around like a lost soul. I checked emails on my phone a couple of times. However, I have a small phone data plan because I count on using the network in the house. There wasn't anything urgent enough to drive to a coffee shop for free WiFi, but I missed checking in on blogs and websites.
This morning, with no ability to access the Internet I finished all my To Dos quickly. I decided to go to work early and use my laptop with their WiFi. I put the computer in a tote bag, then added my lunchbox and some other necessities and left for the day.
Traffic was light. I got to the mall 45 minutes before I had to clock in at the Customer Service desk and set up in an area with a hotspot. It was SO satisfying to be able to access the Internet! Time flew, and before I knew it I had to go to work. I had a chance to use the computer a couple of times during my shift, and at the end of the day I checked the Internet once more. After I hit the 'Publish' button for this post I packed everything up and left the mall.
The cable company is coming out tonight. I hope they're able to fix the problem so I don't have to go through the same procedures tomorrow!
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I've shared your pain. Hope you're back in business real soon.
ReplyDeleteIt's now Day Three. If it goes on much longer I might start getting used to being unavailable online.
DeleteI am lost without the internet! Fortunately so many places offer wifi but you do need it at home. Hope it gets fixed soon. It is great the days are getting longer.
ReplyDeleteYes, thank goodness for WiFi! I've carried my laptop to more places the past few days than I have for the last month.
DeleteIt would be difficult to be offline for very long. I have tried, every so often, to stay off of the computer for the day, but I have my phone which is pretty much my other computer. As a matter of fact, I have found, from those non computer days, that the phone is just as good as the computer and I can take and send pictures with it which I can do with my computer but rarely do. Perhaps if I had an iPad I would use it for photos. Hope you are reconnected very quickly.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't realized how reliant I was on the Internet until I didn't have it.Every time I tried to pick up a project Sunday I needed to be online for some part of it...researching information or communicating with others via email. I told Hubby that this month if I go over my data limit on my phone and have to pay the higher amount I'm not going to worry about it
DeleteUt oh - I hate that. The lost soul description is exactly that. If I'm w/o internet all of a sudden I can't think of what else to do though that's the time to get caught up on other stuff.
ReplyDeleteYes, there was lots of other stuff I COULD have done. Cleaning the house comes to mind :-)
DeleteI've lost the internet a time or two at home too, and it's awful! I'm just so lost without it. Never realized until then just how addicted I was to it.
ReplyDelete"Addicted" is certainly the right word!
DeleteIsn't it funny how we're now so dependent on the Internet? I feel so adrift when we're without connection.
ReplyDeleteFunny...and scary, too.
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