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One of the limitations of living in a rural area is that I have access to only one broadband provider, other than the much-reviled HughesNet. I have an antenna on my roof that hooks me up to a sort-of-high-speed Internet connection. It's generally reliable, but last Thursday something went kablooie and my bumpy on-ramp to the information superhighway was temporarily closed for repairs.
Again, this is a rural area, so when the guy who schedules repairs at my ISP called in sick on Friday, there was nobody to pick up the slack. I had to wait until he was back in his office and ready to send out a tech to do the honors. That threw me back to the savage, uncivilized days of the 1980s, and left me with a quiet weekend of contemplation.
But now I'm back online and appreciating modern technology more than ever.
Again, this is a rural area, so when the guy who schedules repairs at my ISP called in sick on Friday, there was nobody to pick up the slack. I had to wait until he was back in his office and ready to send out a tech to do the honors. That threw me back to the savage, uncivilized days of the 1980s, and left me with a quiet weekend of contemplation.
But now I'm back online and appreciating modern technology more than ever.
posted by J.D. Tuccille at
9:25 AM
2 Comments:
Be sure, if you haven't already done so, to have a phone cord around. Long enough to reach from your computer to the phone jack. I've used it, on occasion, when the broadband connection fails here.
Sbcglobal, which I use, also has free dial up connections. Sometimes they'll work if the broadband fails. Sometimes, but not always.
You bet! I have a backup dial-up account that I can use to check my email, but it's difficult for me to shut down my only phone line so I can do the rest of my online work. That dial-up backup is a big help, though.
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