Dooms Day.
By rakski
@rakski (149342)
Philippines
September 5, 2025 3:00am CST
Seeing the Loss of Signal in our modem seems like a doomsday for me and my son.
And maybe some others can relate.
Since September 1st, we have noticed an unstable internet connection every afternoon, and then came September 4th, and the blinking red light was what we saw.
Suddenly, the house felt unusually quiet, no sound at all, almost like no sign of life. 
A few minutes later, we discovered that an electric post had sparked, sending flames out, and the main internet boxes ended up taking the brunt of it.
And yes, it has been 24 hours of silence.
But the silence is gone. 
Today, we can’t imagine everyday life without the internet.
A few minutes later, we discovered that an electric post had sparked, sending flames out, and the main internet boxes ended up taking the brunt of it.
And yes, it has been 24 hours of silence.
But the silence is gone.
Today, we can’t imagine everyday life without the internet.11 people like this
14 responses
@DaddyEvil (161827)
• United States
5 Sep
That's exactly how Pretty and I felt when our ISP accidentally shut our internet off and kept trying to say we had something wrong... A week later, a repairman finally came and apologized because he had thought our internet line wasn't being used so he disconnected it from the main junction... But he wouldn't tell the company what he did. 
At least he hooked the line back up again.
I'm glad you have internet again. It's terrible when we can't do the things we feel like we should be able to do.3 people like this
@brokenbee (11921)
• Philippines
5 Sep
That also happened here before when we were subscribed to PLDT. We just thought that they had maintenance but it was already about a week and we reported it. When they checked it, they found out our line was accidentally cut, maybe by those who had clearing operations before...
It's good I had back up internet for my online job, but my parents had to wait for it to be fixed.
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@brokenbee (11921)
• Philippines
8 Sep
@rakski Yes... And they didn't check it right away, and they were not able to fix it quickly so that took about two weeks and there's no discount or refund on our monthly fees....
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@xstitcher (36556)
• Petaluma, California
5 Sep
Kind of sad, but I must admit I start my day on the computer now, too.
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@RasmaSandra (90910)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
5 Sep
I am with you if cannot live without my Internet that is now my lifeline,
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@Shivram59 (46006)
• India
7 Sep
We never have this problem. Internet is uninterrupted. I can easily access it. Hope, you will soon have internet.
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@Shivram59 (46006)
• India
8 Sep
@rakski Thank you. Hope you have restored internet now
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@Dreamerby (9246)
• Calcutta, India
7 Sep
Yes indeed it would be a doomsday for me too!
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@luisadannointed (9441)
• Philippines
18 Sep
Ours started July, and until no,w we have had a bad and totally zero connection.
But since it rained earlier, we had a connection, is int weird?
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@Marilynda1225 (86999)
• United States
5 Sep
I'm glad you got your internet back. Its funny how much we've become so used to it.
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@ZedSmart (19837)
• Philippines
5 Sep
Without internet connection nowadays is really different. Something that we do not want to disappear especially that we got use to it more so if we use it not just for fun or connecting people but for job or income generating acrivities. Glad that it was fixed now. That's electric post catching fire is scary. Here, we also experience intermitent connectivity usually in the evening. I think it's the weather.
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@MarieCoyle (50949)
•
22 Sep
Our internet doesn't go down very often. If it does, it's usually tornado weather and the power is out for a bit. That kills the home internet, but we have phones that use the internet and they work during those times without power.
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@rakski (149342)
• Philippines
25 Sep
@MarieCoyle oh yes, you are right, every place has weather dangers
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@MarieCoyle (50949)
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23 Sep
@rakski
Often they seem to hit certain areas of the US more than others. I live in the Midwest, we are sometimes referred to as being ''Tornado Alley'' as over the years there have been some big ones. But there are honestly big and little ones in many places. I've seen some whoppers over the years here, but when I lived other places there were tornadoes, hurricanes, etc.--every place has weather dangers.
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