When there's nothing you can do...but curse

Philippines
May 16, 2012 11:15am CST
My internet connection has been darn slow since yesterday. I'm missing a lot of clicks on my ptc sites, and even mylot is on and off, for me. I really hate it.. and there's nothing I can do, but curse away. As if cursing even helps... I tried to get help from the provider, but its just not easy to get through their lines. And, when you do get someone, their service is so incompetent. My DSL line has not yet been up, so I paid for 5 days of unlimited connection thru a USB dongle, and this is all i get - a GPRS signal. I don't really know what that means, other than - A VERY SLOOOOOOW connection.
7 responses
• India
21 Aug 12
Back at home I too used to face such problems 4 to 5 years back but in the recent past the services of the service provider has improved a lot. Now if there is no major problem, they resolve the issues as soon as they receive the complain. And now a day I have alternative options i.e. in case my broadband doesn't work. I have a USB Stick with an unlimited plan and apart from that my smart phone has 3 GB internet enabled plan on it.
• Philippines
30 Aug 12
Good for you. I still don't have any DSL line or strong Wifi connection. Unfortunately, my area seems to be too far from their powerhouse, so they can't bring a line to my house. It coudl only happen once there are more homes applying for the connection.
• Philippines
30 Aug 12
I think we're just at par when it comes to that. But, I heard India is very strong when it comes to Technology.
• India
30 Aug 12
Earlier to this discussion I used to feel India is the only country where communication facilities are not that good. But now it looks like we are in better position than many other countries. Around 6 years back I use to connect my system with my mobile using a data cable and used to browse internet. Now this have changed and we have better options.
@ryanong (9665)
• Vietnam
17 May 12
hehehe, then you should do some things else when there is not internet connection. I love to do with a PC connect with the internet...but if the internet is off, i am still ok with it and can do something else that i forgot because of the internet working. Keep smiling!!!
@ryanong (9665)
• Vietnam
18 May 12
Hhihihi, i got that problem sometime...and it is really frustrating...However i am still be patient with it...
@ryanong (9665)
• Vietnam
19 May 12
ya, it is a good way to avoid re-typing...
• Philippines
18 May 12
It's somehow better today, although, when it gets too busy the connection just goes off. I have to copy and save my responses on a notepad, incase it gets wiped off.
@adforme (2114)
16 May 12
I have been in the situation. Something happens and you have a slip of the tongue. The inevitable curse of the curse word/words. You are helpless, possibly hopeless, and; What can you say? Electronics have put me through this many times. I think your internet connection is leaving you hanging; but it is not hopeless. Think about other options and your budget, and try to come to a viable solution. This is the beauty of electronics, you have more options than ever. Wifi maybe?
• Philippines
17 May 12
Yeah, its being helpless that drives me nuts and makes me curse heaven and earth for the misfortunes. It's not good, especially with kids around, but sometimes I can't help it. I can't throw my laptop away, so I just let out a few curses to relieve me of my frustrations. I have been waiting for the same provider to get a more stable connection installed, but I guess they just have a really poor service even in putting up new business. Until now, I don't see any installer. I'm going to check out other options this time.
@adforme (2114)
17 May 12
Good luck.
@mikyung (2232)
• Philippines
17 May 12
I'm sorry about that - for not achieving what you used to because of that very slow connection. I think you need to figure out the real cause of your inconvenience. Try to get some help from your internet provider to help you with your signal and let them know about the situation, who knows, they also have a problem at their end. In this way, you may also verify if there is a need for you to upgrade some of the vital parts of your pc. Just last week, I experienced also connection problems wherein I found out that the real problem is on my PC, now I'm using my wife's pc. Hoping to earn some just to cover the upgrade to a more decent one. Hope you can figure out the real problem so you can go on with your usual things. Good luck
• Philippines
17 May 12
It can't be my PC, because everything else is fine when I'm offline. And, this unit is new, so I can't think of anything that may have caused the connection problem. It went up to 3G for a few minutes, but gone again. It really sucks.
• India
17 May 12
Sounds Not cool at all. Even Im also facing the same problem. As I'm addicted to Internet I can't live without it for a single hour as All my work has done through it. Don;t worry bother we will surely get our speed some day :P
• Philippines
17 May 12
I just really hope this gets fixed the soonest. Otherwise, I'd have to really find myself something better to do. I surely don't want to be away from myLot too long. By the way, welcome to myLot. I hope you'll enjoy it here.
• Philippines
17 May 12
maybe you need a new line instead, this happened to my cousin they paid a lot for their connection but it sucked soo much that you cant even open to the first page. In the end they had to find a new line...well good luck man
• Philippines
17 May 12
I don't know if it's easy to find a good provider for this area. Maybe that's also one of the factors. Although, I was able to get a stable dsl line before from another company before, but I can't go back there anymore.
@maezee (41997)
• United States
16 May 12
That sounds annoying. Well, from what I understood of what you said, it sounds annoying. I dont' really understand the techy jargon though. . I wonder if there isn't an upgrade you can do, or if your service provider can fix this and make your internet run a little faster? Or you could clear up some memory or something to help the situation? It doesn't seem fair that you pay for it but can't even take advantage of the service.... Well, best of luck to you in that!
• Philippines
17 May 12
It really is annoying. And, the bad thing is I can't even reach their customer support so I could complain and shout at them. Last night, I tried to get help but all I could reach was some incompetent text support. All I did was keep sending keywords after keywords, but never got any solution.. very lousy support.