I came home late last night to an alarmed family. There was no smoke in
the air. No ambulance had to be called. No one was even in
pain. Everyone, however, was in great distress because the internet was
down. Yes, it was Cyber Monday and the internet was down. You would
have thought the world was ending. I didn’t even have my coat off before
the problem was brought to my attention. Without the internet, the
wireless in the house was out. That meant no one’s tablets had connection
and phones had to use the costly data package to surf the web. So I ate
something and then set to work on the problem. As I was
troubleshooting it I began to realize just how dependent on the internet we have
become. It is used for more than just shopping. We use it for
banking, staying in touch with relatives and friends, social media, homework,
news, movie listings, weather forecasts, researching information, tax
preparation, music and a host of other things. Think about it for a
moment. What would you do without your internet? My children have
yet to even figure out how to use a telephone book. They have grown up
with looking numbers up on line. I have tried to teach them how a phone
book works but apparently it is too much work. Well guess what I had to do
to get the problem solved? Since the internet was down, I had to actually
look up the number of my internet provider in the phone book so I could call
their help line. The home phone was out because it was somehow connected
to the internet so I had to use you cell phone. I dialed all the numbers
to get me to a real person and then I started the troubleshooting process.
They always ask if the lines are secured tightly but I rarely crawl under the
desk to check. Of all the times I have called for help, the wires were
never loose. Eventually we discovered that the modem needed to be
reset. After 15 minutes the system was back up and the world could
continue spinning. Remember how slow dial-up used to be? I don’t
think my kids have the patience to wait for such a slow connection. When
it was the only thing, though, it was blazing fast. Times sure do
change. It’s a good thing we have the internet to tell us what is going
on.
the air. No ambulance had to be called. No one was even in
pain. Everyone, however, was in great distress because the internet was
down. Yes, it was Cyber Monday and the internet was down. You would
have thought the world was ending. I didn’t even have my coat off before
the problem was brought to my attention. Without the internet, the
wireless in the house was out. That meant no one’s tablets had connection
and phones had to use the costly data package to surf the web. So I ate
something and then set to work on the problem. As I was
troubleshooting it I began to realize just how dependent on the internet we have
become. It is used for more than just shopping. We use it for
banking, staying in touch with relatives and friends, social media, homework,
news, movie listings, weather forecasts, researching information, tax
preparation, music and a host of other things. Think about it for a
moment. What would you do without your internet? My children have
yet to even figure out how to use a telephone book. They have grown up
with looking numbers up on line. I have tried to teach them how a phone
book works but apparently it is too much work. Well guess what I had to do
to get the problem solved? Since the internet was down, I had to actually
look up the number of my internet provider in the phone book so I could call
their help line. The home phone was out because it was somehow connected
to the internet so I had to use you cell phone. I dialed all the numbers
to get me to a real person and then I started the troubleshooting process.
They always ask if the lines are secured tightly but I rarely crawl under the
desk to check. Of all the times I have called for help, the wires were
never loose. Eventually we discovered that the modem needed to be
reset. After 15 minutes the system was back up and the world could
continue spinning. Remember how slow dial-up used to be? I don’t
think my kids have the patience to wait for such a slow connection. When
it was the only thing, though, it was blazing fast. Times sure do
change. It’s a good thing we have the internet to tell us what is going
on.
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