That time an entire village in Wales lost internet every morning for 18 months
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
March 11, 2021 6:23pm CST
Subtitle: That time a television caused the entire population of a Welsh village to lose internet connectivity every morning at 7 AM.
Well, that about sums it up to be honest...
But I'll post a link below if ya want to read a little more about it.
Was costly for them to figure out. Had to outsource to get answers which included updating wiring for the village.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/village-wales-tv-broadband-internet-connection-aberhosan-powys-b530527.html
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
12 Mar 21
Strange what happened, but not altogether unbelievable. Takes a lot of energy to turn on old electronics and you can feel the electricity as they come on if you're standing close enough.
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@LeaPea2417 (40061)
• Toccoa, Georgia
12 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum That's true. My parents have a TV they have had 40 years. It still works but doesn't have that great of a screen.
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@kaylachan (84930)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 Mar 21
Wow, sounds like something off of Zoey 101. IIt reminds me of that episode where Logan's cell phone set off the fire alarm every night. Glad they resolved it, at least.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
12 Mar 21
I know of the show, but never watched it.
I bet a lot of television shows get their ideas from things just like this.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
13 Mar 21
No, they were able to surf the internet, but it disrupted the service at the beginning of the day.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
12 Mar 21
@LadyDuck Yes, time and effort, but also money for hiring an expert. I'm glad they decided to retire the old tv. It was probably time for them to buy a new one anyway.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
12 Mar 21
Yes, it took them a bit to figure out what it was. They finally deducted the cause to be a high frequency disruption and narrowed it down from there. The poor tv owner must have felt embarrassed.
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@LadyDuck (502956)
• Italy
12 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum I am sure they were embarrassed, it took a lot to discover the problem.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
12 Mar 21
I bet a lot of businesses were frustrated!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
12 Mar 21
It is, especially since it seemed to be a moderate sized place.
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@snowy22315 (209244)
• United States
12 Mar 21
Oh boy, I bet everybody hated that!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
12 Mar 21
I'm sure they did. It had to have disturbed quite a bit of morning routines.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
12 Mar 21
Absolutely. I am sure it disrupted the morning routines of many.
@RasmaSandra (98156)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 Mar 21
Thank you for sharing, Very interesting I did not know something like that could happen
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
12 Mar 21
It's not something I realized could happen either, but older tvs did give out a lot of electricity when they were first being turned on.
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