Internet connectivity seems to be playing games / myLot

India

April 24, 2021 1:40pm CST

Just a few days back, I was working on my official laptop. The going was smooth. Yet somehow after some time, my connectivity suddenly seemed to crawl and then there was a disruption. I tried with a different connection option but things did not work for some 15-20 minutes. In fact, I turned up 15 mins late for an audio meeting. Things can get annoying at times. Plus I think with even more people coming back to staying at home or working from home due to the worsened situation, lockdowns and restrictions, more people could be using Internet at home. The bright side is that people across teams do understand such issues and can accommodate. But well, one cannot feel but being uneasy at times.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

24 Apr 21

Internet does this sometimes. We all experience this.

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Sanjeev

@sjvg1976 (42727)

• Delhi, India

24 Apr 21

It happens... in my office there some places where internet doesn't work at all so we have to avoid standing or sitting on those spots.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (49753)

• India

24 Apr 21

@CarolDM Yes connectivity issues do come up sometimes.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (49753)

• India

24 Apr 21

@sjvg1976 It is something that even I observed. The advantage of an office setup though is of a higher Internet speed. So you would have to wear a mask the whole day in the office?

snowy

@snowy22315 (208801)

• United States

24 Apr 21

I hate when the internet goes crazy. It is so annoying.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (49753)

• India

24 Apr 21

@snowy22315 Yes it holds up many of our things.

simplyme

@m_audrey6788 (58468)

• Germany

24 Apr 21

It can happen sometimes

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (49753)

• India

24 Apr 21

@m_audrey6788 Probably weather and the number of people using Internet causes it.

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Sanjeev

@sjvg1976 (42727)

• Delhi, India

24 Apr 21

Hope the connectivity resumes well and you may do your work effeciently.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (49753)

• India

24 Apr 21

@sjvg1976 Yes I hope it works well. I had purchased a separate device for connectivity back in Sep 2020.

Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

25 Apr 21

I'm sorry you're having Internet issues.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (49753)

• India

25 Apr 21

@just4him Currently it is fine but the problem looks more acute on the weekdays. May be more people are working from home, leading to the bandwidth issues. Plus such issues cause even bigger problem during office work and meeting times.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (381931)

• Rockingham, Australia

25 Apr 21

That can get very frustrating. Something is chewing up our data much more than it should but we can't work out what is doing it.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (49753)

• India

25 Apr 21

@JudyEv The most irritating part is when we get connectivity issues during important meetings.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (49753)

• India

25 Apr 21

@JudyEv Well that was related to the falling cost of electronics devices with technological advances but even this would be having some name.

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DianneN

@DianneN (254949)

• United States

24 Apr 21

That’s a common occurrence every so often. It can be very frustrating.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (49753)

• India

25 Apr 21

@DianneN More irritating when we have some important calls or work to complete.

Darcy Nemo

@YrNemo (20254)

•

25 Apr 21

We got similar problems during the lockdown periods. These days, I use the cable to connect mine directly. (Wifi has become bad for some reason since.)

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (49753)

• India

25 Apr 21

@YrNemo I am not going for Fibre Optics cable connection due to some reasons. Plus if light goes and power backup sets in, the router restarts and well, some other issues as well. So that is why I have a special high speed Wi-Fi device plus two mobile hotspots.

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