My worst nightmare came true this week. I went back to using dial up internet.
It was the wind. There was a lot of rain too. The real culprit, however, were the power fluctuations. Since last week friday up until the middle of this week, we've had at least one power outage a day.
Last saturday, there was one in the morning. I was not at home when the power came back. I was at the new V-mall shopping center at greenhills buying a telephone set (more on this on my next blog).
My brother turned on the power strip and the UPS. The router turned on, my pc was brought back to life but the modem remained off. My brother called me on the cell and told me the bad news.
I asked him ....
Did you try a different power outlet ?
Did you turn on the switch ?
Did you make sure the power cord is plugged in right on both the modem and outlet ?
... but to no avail.
When I got home, I checked the device again myself. As if to resuscitate the dead, I shook it and tried all the things I had asked my brother to do over the phone, but to no avail.
Henceforth I was on dial up and my worst nightmare had come true.
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