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No Internet For a Week ----The Horror

by CanuckMike
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You never know how dependent you are on something until it is gone. I just arrived in France on the 30th of December for a University exchange. It took me until yesterday to get internet and it was the toughest week of my life. (mild sarcasm)

It wasn't just that I couldn't check this forum, no siree, it was that I was disconnected from everything at home. Worst of all was the 200+ emails I managed to rack up. Not speaking French didn't help much either.

So in my spare time I managed to watch the Dark Night 5 times and read a good old fashioned book.

And that is just a little tale of the horror I felt with no Internet. I am glad to be online again.
  • Profile picture of the author Patrician
    Welcome back and my deepest condolences to you for your week being 'out of it'.

    I can't imagine the stress of being free of a ton of emails. Well I know catch-up is worse.

    Anyway, glad everything is back to normal for you!

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  • Profile picture of the author icjackson
    My heart rate went up just reading the title!

    Last year we experienced a snowstorm so severe that it knocked out our phone lines for a week. I had work that had not been delivered and no way to get online.

    That's when I bought my Windows-based smartphone - it was a lifesaver. Even with it, the threat of internet-lessness is still enough to give me the heebee geebees :-)

    Welcome back.
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  • Profile picture of the author Christie Love
    I was out my computer for 2 weeks while it was getting fixed. I about died!
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  • Profile picture of the author bijan814
    I could never go without Internet for more than a day. I would probably go to the library and use their Internet
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  • Profile picture of the author artwebster
    I have just had the same problem. My wifi router decided that it would reduce its range to less than three feet and it needed recalibrating - after which, none of my computers could access the internet.

    Six days and over 3,000 emails later, I am now back on line and playing catch up.

    With my health problems, this six days has been an absolute nightmare and I have only just managed to read some great emails from family and friends celebrating my wedding aniversary.

    p.s. I am not sure that the problem was as stated by the IT technician who sorted it - which made me realise just how much at their mercy we are.
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