Oh No! the internet goes out!

Oh WOW! That would SUCK! My connection get severed some when I'm on my laptop and my hubby is in here on the desk top. It drives me crazy!! I think we've only had it out altogether once like that. It's been a while and I sure hope it doesn't again! Especially now that I've got several communities I love online.

That is frustrating, I totally agree. My husband used to live in a condo where the net went down randomly for hours at a time. It would happen all day for 3-4 days, then he'd call, they'd come out, and it would be working so they would say they can't test it if it is working. This repeated for almost a year! It was to the point where I thought Road Runner totally sucked. However when he moved into our house, we had no choice but to use Road Runner and luckily we have never gone down since he moved in there last year. Here's hoping it stays that way!! The worst thing about the random down times is that there were times in his condo where I went to his house specificially to go online and do wedding stuff or whatever, and it wouldn't work! Other days I had planned to go play games at his house b/c his computer allowed games mine doesn't. Get into a game and... bam, disconnected. ARGG!! I flip out when it goes down. However, if I choose to take a break I can go days and days without it. It's just irritating when the internet chooses to take a break and leaves you stranded. Also, I don't flip out when the power goes out b/c I can't blame the internet for that... but if it is only the internet, I go nuts!

Awwww...it sucks when the Internet goes out! I never thought I would freak out if mine ever went out, but it went out for two days several months ago and I thought I would die. I was so bored and it made me realize how much time I spend dorking it up on the net.:P That really sucks for since you had stuff to do for work. We didn't get to spend quality time together either.:P We have cable internet too, and it surprises me how much trouble we have with ours. I think our internet/cable provider is jsut crappy. Anyway...glad you're back.

Oh yeah... I have cable too but this always have high security thing... they always update, oh god... I hate when they are update. I have to call them every time when my network is not working. But I never have it completely out for the whole day like that unless the power is out then it is different :).... I hope it is not happening to me... I will be going crazy

It's funny that I have only been online for about four years but last week the net was down for some reason. I have DSL and haven't had a problem before. I didn't know what to do with myself. I tried to remember what I would do in a day when I didn't have a computer. But then I had children home full time and was too busy to get bored. I was telling my sister that I need to get a hobby that isn't net. So that when it isn't there I have a back up plan for my sanity. HEHE

I have dial up so any time it storm I have to shut down and sometimes it just goes out. I dont know that I would freak out though. I dont use it for anything too important. I would be VERY bored!!

I also have cable internet, so I can use my computer 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It doesn't happen so often now, but whenever it goes out, I feel completely lost and I miss it so much! I am dependent on it I guess, especially for writing and to communicate with family and friends. Like you say, it is a NEED!

LoL I also act like that, I get cranky at times too. Ever since I came to mylot, I found a more productive time while on the net. I was furious during the first month my broadband service having troubles, because it took me almost a week to fix my connection. Since then, everything seems to be working fine now.

Oh my goodness......LOL....My computer blew up a couple of weeks ago so I had nothing..It was totally aweful, I was going insane...

I don't have out of inrenet for long ever but sometime it gets disconnected and often if the cable gets lose, its all gets disconnected and then comes back on a little effort but I had not face this out of internet for any long since i took cable connection. I am lucky to have it all the time, i think i won't stay at home without this, i have to go out for shopping or soeting else then. my scanning and cleaning is done on friday and its ok i can work at that time

Hello! Before, I don't rely on the internet, I wasn't too dependent on it. Maybe if you've posted this discussion like long time ago [which is impossible...*duh to me*] I would say that I don't care if there's no internet connection, who cares. Now, I can say that internet is one of my basic needs. In my work, I need to be online most of the time, download emails, chat to clients, if ever I miss a day not being able to go online it'll be hard as some of our clients are from other countries. And working away from my family especially my baby, internet is very valuable as it is our means of communication. Online I can see them on the webcam and can talk to them. If I won't be able to go online for days I will freak out for sure. But there are solutions, if we have some problems with our connection at home, I still can connect in the office and if not in the office there are some coffee shops like Costa Coffee or Starbucks that gives you wi-fi connection. All I can say is "iloveyou internet" *wehehe*. ciao! =)

Hi!^_^ As what my husband like to say, there are now 5 basic needs of man: 1. food 2. clothing 3. shelter 4. cable tv and 5. the internet! With our old internet provider, things can get ugly and so frustrating. We even have 3 straight weeks of no internet! But like you, when there's no internet, there's an available time now for the other things. Between my husband and me, he's the one who totally cranky when the internet suddenly goes out and he already written something so long and invested so much time and effort in doing it. And when he presses the ENTER button only to be greeted with a "page cannot be displayed"! It happened to me too, several times and I just wanted to punch someone!lol

Yea it is rather disheartening. But since I don't depend on it too much I can just go do one of my other hobbies. But having the net up at least allows me to do other fun stuff, like come to mylot.