What if the internet broke

Elegant Elliot Offen

Just had a terrifying thought.

What if eircom/vodafone/upc/whoeverdoesyourinternet suddenly lost power or pressed the wrong button and you lost your internet. And you couldn't get it back for aaaaages

If you had a spare wi-fi dongle thingy from some other provider stashed away would that save you ??

Is that a viable option to save someone whos lost their internet from the real world.

I was thinking a glass case with a dongle and some credit ... but sure doesn't credit expire these days if its not used ??

Amirani

Unlimited mobile Internet is always a good backup to have. If that broke too, I'd probably just go asleep.

desbrook

Masturbate - if in doubt masturbate.

Sinfonia

My phone broke, and I'm not able to afford a new one yet; must say I've really enjoyed not having it.
I imagine the lack of internet altogether (in spite of the obvious inconveniences) would be similar.

Aubrey loves Joe

I went without it for 3 days a few years back. I still see the red dot on the modem in my nightmares

Egginacup

Elegant Elliot Offen wrote: »

Just had a terrifying thought.

What if eircom/vodafone/upc/whoeverdoesyourinternet suddenly lost power or pressed the wrong button and you lost your internet. And you couldn't get it back for aaaaages

If you had a spare wi-fi dongle thingy from some other provider stashed away would that save you ??

Is that a viable option to save someone whos lost their internet from the real world.

I was thinking a glass case with a dongle and some credit ... but sure doesn't credit expire these days if its not used ??

You're horror is why I am employed.
(Telecomms engineer)

Nothing to worry about....UPS backups, redundant lines, generators, etc. You may lose landline/wifi temporarily during a power outtage. Your phone will stay online.

Now go and buy a RADIO and listen to some music. You don't always need to be watching telly or on facefart.

Nice battery radio in the middle of nowhere will still pick up lovely tunes from hundreds of miles away.

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

I'm with Three. Welcome to our world.

One day, it was done from so long, I actually read a paperback book.

I still have some from the 90s.

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It's possibilities like that which have inspired me to stockpile loads of (totally legally aquired :cool:) films for in case of emergencies. Also, ancient cultures actually had the ability to give physical, non-digital form to audio and visual media and I have a few of those precious objects. Getting even more arcane, somewhere back in the mists of time they had these things that were like e-books or news sites, but on paper.

If I get really desperate, I see who's in the kitchen, take a few deep breaths and a big drink of hot water and honey and try and fire up the old vocal chords.

Seriously, I'd be grand without the internet for at least a few days. Pain in the arse for practical things like work emails, but for recreational purposes no bother.

Arthur Beesley

desbrook wrote: »

Masturbate - if in doubt masturbate.

Make sure you have an offline stash.

dmc17

I'd recommend getting some sleep in the event that you internet does go down at some stage

Amirani

Joziah Lazy Computer wrote: »

If I get really desperate, I see who's in the kitchen, take a few deep breaths and a big drink of hot water and honey and try and fire up the old vocal chords.

This made me laugh.

BeerWolf

I'd probably break meself...

BeerWolf

Diego Simeone wrote: »

Unlimited mobile Internet is always a good backup to have. If that broke too, I'd probably just go asleep.

Unlimited mobile broadband... what?

Last I checked, the only one with the highest usage was THREE's 60GB, rest are in the 10-30GB range...

Bog Standard User

Elegant Elliot Offen wrote: »

Just had a terrifying thought.

What if eircom/vodafone/upc/whoeverdoesyourinternet suddenly lost power or pressed the wrong button and you lost your internet. And you couldn't get it back for aaaaages

If you had a spare wi-fi dongle thingy from some other provider stashed away would that save you ??

Is that a viable option to save someone whos lost their internet from the real world.

I was thinking a glass case with a dongle and some credit ... but sure doesn't credit expire these days if its not used ??

lol it already happened last winter after the bad storms we had ,for many many customers of eircom wholesale (ie eircom retail/vodafone/sky etc). faults took upto 2 months to get fixed

Duggy747

If the internet broke then this is what people would see when I'd leave my house.

whiskeyman

I'd sell copies of Golden Pages I've stashed for millions!

danniemcq

When i switched to digiweb from smart (same company pretty much) they screwed up and kept charging me for smart but not digiweb which meant that i got nabbed for a 150 quid bill and got cut off.

When it happened was a friday and they could do nothing for the weekend then i had another day or 2 wait.

It was horrible.

I can deal without the internet and that for a few days thats grand as long as i have something to do but sitting in the house all weekend staring at a PC with nothing (well there was 150 games installed but you know what i mean) to play sucked.

That reminds me they still owe me money for that! Must send them an email

Cantremember

Hundreds of thousands of men caught mid fap with no hope of completion. Frustration levels soar world wide....

Bog Standard User

Cantremember wrote: »

Hundreds of thousands of men caught mid fap with no hope of completion. Frustration levels soar world wide....

stock shares in playboy go through the roof

Bummer1234

"Have you tried turning it off and on again" will be going round in my head!!

The Backwards Man

I rarely use it so it wouldn't affect me too badly at all.

gandalf

I'd have to talk to my wife!

rotun

Egginacup wrote: »

Now go and buy a RADIO and listen to some music. You don't always need to be watching telly or on facefart.

Nice battery radio in the middle of nowhere will still pick up lovely tunes from hundreds of miles away.

You don't always need to be listening to radio.

Elmo

As Jen in the IT Crowd put it "If any were to happen to this box the world as we know it would fall in to chaos"

http://youtu.be/UTBsm0LzSP0?t=1m15s

minotour

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I rarely use it so it wouldn't affect me too badly at all.

At approximately 13 posts per day. your join date and post count would suggest otherwise....he says perhaps somewhat missing the irony marinading that post

PizzamanIRL

I went without it for 3 long days about 6 weeks ago thanks to useless Vodafone. I learned so much about the human body during those few days. Amazing.

BeerWolf

Bog Standard User wrote: »

stock shares in playboy go through the roof

And National Geographic for the young teens. :pac:

Cienciano

desbrook wrote: »

Masturbate - if in doubt masturbate.

Impossible without the internet

paulbok

Obama has it all backed up for us, sure someone just needs to give him a bell and get it put back up.

Bog Standard User

Cienciano wrote: »

Impossible without the internet

you must be a teen.

before the days of internet people bought playboy mags & tabloid page 3 girls for for those with low incomes :rolleyes:

Cienciano

Bog Standard User wrote: »

you must be a teen.

before the days of internet people bought playboy mags & tabloid page 3 girls for for those with low incomes :rolleyes:

Haven't you watched that southpark?
Not a hope you could go back to Playboy when you're used to niche stuff like Brazilian fart porn.

danniemcq

Cienciano wrote: »

Impossible without the internet

awwww such youthful innocence.

danniemcq

Bog Standard User wrote: »

you must be a teen.

before the days of internet people bought playboy mags & tabloid page 3 girls for for those with low incomes :rolleyes:

Daily Sport

kylith

I'd probably do what I did before the internet - watch telly

Cienciano

danniemcq wrote: »

Daily Sport

I wish. The bathroom section of the argos catalogue

Akrasia

Cienciano wrote: »

I wish. The bathroom section of the argos catalogue

Falcon holiday brochures and a magnifying glass

those wide angle shots of the beaches where topless sunbathing is acceptable....

Who needs the internet!

Akrasia

If the internet genuinely broke down, nobody would ever be able to fix it again considering that every technical support's guy's first response to any computer problem is to google the error message.

rotun

If the internet genuinely broke down, nobody would ever be able to fix it again considering that every technical support's guy's first response to any computer problem is to.........



......... turn it off and back on again.

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

<insert 'go to a garth brooks concert' comment of some kind>

rotun

Ariella Disgusting Okra wrote: »

<insert 'go to a garth brooks concert' comment of some kind>

No point going to anything if you can can't Facebook/instagram/tweet about it..

Corkgirl210

And do everything the hard way? no thanks.. switch it back on there op..

Lucyfur

I'm with eircom so I'm well used to broken internet. One time it was broken so long I had to talk to my family face to face. They seem nice

I Voted For Kodos

Literally kill myself.

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

No one to comment on all those awesome selfies

hatrickpatrick

desbrook wrote: »

Masturbate - if in doubt masturbate.

It wasn't me, it was a spooky ghost! This... Ectoplasm!

Bog Standard User

Lucyfur wrote: »

I'm with eircom so I'm well used to broken internet. One time it was broken so long I had to talk to my family face to face. They seem nice

your not doing it right... smoke signals ftw

might be a good excuse to go to apache country for some training