Major Withdrawals
@GardenGerty (169406)
United States
August 19, 2016 1:58pm CST
At about four yesterday evening my internet went down. After doing all the trouble shooting at home and unplugging, replugging computers, printers, and modems and routers I gave up and called my company.
It turns out that something was broken, they did not know what, but the whole area was without internet, phone and television if they subscribe to it. When I called at seven they had just figured out the problem and repair parts were on the way.
I was bummed. I did not get to come here and interact. I did not make my swagbucks goal, I missed out on some other things, but I fully expected to wake up to a working internet. NOT!!!!
Just about five minutes ago it finally came back on. I did not know how badly I would react to not having any connection for twenty hours.
If I chose not to be online for twenty hours, it would have been a different story. I could not be online, so I really felt deprived.
We shall see how long it takes for me to get caught up.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Aug 16
mine went down last night too, my company has a thing when you call from a number associated with your account and there is a known outage, the automated voice tells you so
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
20 Aug 16
It was set up that way today. Not even from a phone associated, because I do not have wireless through them. It is just the introductory recoring to let you know and save time if that is why you are calling.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
20 Aug 16
@Jessicalynnt Mine may be as well. I know my e mail is. Course I could not access my e mail from home.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Aug 16
@GardenGerty oh I dont have their phone either, just that the number on my account IS my cell so when I call from that number, it knows who I am, and if there is an outage where my services are, it tells me that pretty early on
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
20 Aug 16
The internet has obviously corrupted you. We are so glad you are here, though.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
20 Aug 16
@jaboUK You brighten our day, and we need people like you.
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
20 Aug 16
@GardenGerty That's such a sweet thing to say, thank you.
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Aug 16
Always fun to catch up on here. Can't miss anything.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
20 Aug 16
I felt very isolated while the internet was down. It is good to begin getting back in the swing of things.
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Aug 16
@GardenGerty .....Oh, I bet. I am so addicted I can't be without it.
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
20 Aug 16
shame they don't compensate folks fer that down time, aint 't? yepperz, when one's the choice, 'tis no bother. but, when yer payin' fer a service 'n such's not available, kinda ticks ya off :)
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
20 Aug 16
Oh yes, and not being able to go online to figure out what the problem was is a frustrating.experience.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
20 Aug 16
It is amazing how attached we get to our friends online and our regular routine.
@teresatrotter (4073)
• Jacksonville, Florida
21 Aug 16
So sorry this happened to you.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
22 Aug 16
Once I found out it was their problem and not something that would be expensive for me to fix it was much better, but I missed you guys.
@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
19 Aug 16
I was without internet for a few days last week I believe it was and it was horrible! I was pretty miserable so I understand the feeling.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
20 Aug 16
Since our outage was area wide I could not even go down to the library and I had things to get done here so I could not go out of town to find a connection.
@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
19 Aug 16
Yes, I find myself totally unable to do without something I never even knew existed twenty one years ago, lol. Totally dependent on the internet. Yeh if you had wanted to be somewhere else on vacation or something, it would be your CHOICE not to be on the internet. But your having to be offline is a different ball o wax. I'm glad you got it back!
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
20 Aug 16
On vacation I usually have a laptop, but still spend very little time online. You are right though, it would be by choice.
@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
19 Aug 16
Glad to hear that they have it fixed and you are back online. Hopefully it will stay that way.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
20 Aug 16
It has gotten to where people are so dependent on it that it is a real challenge to have an entire area go out.
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