Connection interuptions can be jaring.
@kaylachan (83007)
Daytona Beach, Florida
February 10, 2026 3:21pm CST
George and I were watching t.v. when it went quiet. I wasn't thinking much of it, because we're watching something on YouTube. Sometimes that'll happen when a video ends. Which is what I first thought. Nope. Internet connection went down for a few minutes.
While that's not really a problem normally, it can be jaring when it's unexpected. Someone's installing internet (same service I have) across the street. It might've caused a disruption based on how the houses are laid out. It's working now, though.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (86834)
• Rupert, Idaho
4h
It definitely can be that way...and frustrating too if it's off for a good while.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (86834)
• Rupert, Idaho
4h
@kaylachan Ours rarely goes out, but when it does it can be off for a while. Or there are days it keeps dropping
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@kaylachan (83007)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4h
@MommyOfEli2013 I don't see much dropping. Since I switched to wire 3, I've rarely seen an outage. When they do maintance, it usually happens when most people are sleeping and we're warned about it in advance.
@thislittlepennyearns (66391)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
1h
That's why I make sure we pay the phone plan that has HotSpot, because if internet goes spotty or goes down up here, it can be hours or days until it gets back on. I can't afford to not be able to work for that long.
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@kaylachan (83007)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
44m
Yeah. I have a phone, that has hotspot on it, too. But, I've found that streaming doesn't work as well on it. The t.v. takes more than my laptop needs.
@kaylachan (83007)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
34m
@thislittlepennyearns I have Visiable by Verrzon and T-mobile. Both offer hot spot, but I still need fixed internet, because I have to run like ten devices. My laptop, three t.v.s, a security system, several smart plugs, it's a lot. I would love to use just my phone, but it couldn't run an entire household.
@thislittlepennyearns (66391)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
39m
@kaylachan I don't know who your provider is for phone, but we have one that is LycaMobile which is $13 a month, and we get 40 gigs hotspot from them.
Our cells that we use for our phones. The one I mentioned was a review them and get a month free type situation... but our actual phones are Straight Talk who runs of Verizon and they can run my laptop, and our tv for streaming with very little issue. I try not to use it longer than an hour or two at a time though unless we have to. We have unlimited though. So it doesnt matter. But I'm sure if we hooked up more than just our tv to one of the hotspots it would probably slow it down a bunch.
a few years ago he child logged onto my hotspot and killed 10 gigs in about two hours because he was running his video game streaming off of it.
oops i didnt mean to ramble.
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@kaylachan (83007)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
32m
Yeah. I suspect the interuption had something to do with a new service being installed across the street. Possibly when the installer accessed the underground junction box.
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@RasmaSandra (94093)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4h
If my Internet does not work, my system goes into anxiety, so I always hope that each day everything will work just right, Glad your interenet came back,
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@kaylachan (83007)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4h
It's amazing that the world doesn't work without it. My laptop would be fine, because I can hots spot it. But, the t.v. is considerably harder.
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@Ineeddentures (17164)
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4h
Oh when my internet is interrupted I first check and see if Yvonne's is still on
And she does the same if hers goes out, she asks me to check mine
It is annoying
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@kaylachan (83007)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4h
Wlell, my devicceses are connected to the same network, so when one fails, they all do.
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@kaylachan (83007)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4h
@Ineeddentures I wouldcall that insane, to pay for two different providers, but I literally have two providers, because changing and getting our solar pannals to work is an exercises in patience.
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@Ineeddentures (17164)
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4h
@kaylachan
Me and Yvonne have our own connections lol
Probably doesn't make sense but it works
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@celticeagle (185292)
• Boise, Idaho
3h
We had that happen hear a few months ago. Someone was having theirs installed and made ours go out for a bit. Thank goodness. It could have been worse.
