Internet Junkie

[Lyn]

My internet connection went down on Thursday night/Friday morning and we have had no connection for 4 full days, only just got back on. I knew that I used the internet a lot but never realised how bad I would react without it, I was climbing the walls. How do others out there react to no internet connection.

[florida4sun]

t woulod be nightmare but as I have an iphone its not a problem :)

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Lyn
My internet connection went down on Thursday night/Friday morning and we have had no connection for 4 full days, only just got back on. I knew that I used the internet a lot but never realised how bad I would react without it, I was climbing the walls. How do others out there react to no internet connection.
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[GrahamC]

Same here, my iphone has saved the day several times.

[floridadreamvilla.co.uk]

I've got a back-up Mifi network at home (which I also use when out and about) so it's not a great issue here either.

Of course, if both failed at the same time then that would be a different matter [msnsad].

[steph_goodrum]

Luckily I have a very good friend 4 doors away who is with BT (we're with Orange) with whom I have a reciprocal arrangement that we can hook into each others connection if need be.

[chrizzy100]

I spend hours online...but if I can't I really don't miss it..once the sun is out I start to cut down anyway..

[florida4sun]

Recreational of course is not a problem but we all run businesses online, its an integral part of our lives.

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by chrizzy100
I spend hours online...but if I can't I really don't miss it..once the sun is out I start to cut down anyway..
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[Sniff]

It's amazing how much we have come to rely upon the internet.

But if you're shocked by loss of your internet connection for a few days, just wait until IPv4 addresses run out (current estimate mid 2012, but given the rate at which non-PC devices are becoming internet-connected that estimate is probably optimistic). Very few ISPs have even started the conversion to IPv6 and even use of NAT doesn't help much. Once IPv4 addresses are exhausted, new devices will only be allocated IPv6 addresses, and they won't be able to communicate with any IPv4 servers, without special translator gateway services.

[florida4sun]

It really is not an issue, there is no way they will not have this covered on time. Remember the year 2000 panic, all that passed quicker than a nats fart [msnwink]. Lots of companies jumping on the band wagon stirring up all sorts of nonsense and panic just to create some business.

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Sniff
It's amazing how much we have come to rely upon the internet.

But if you're shocked by loss of your internet connection for a few days, just wait until IPv4 addresses run out (current estimate mid 2012, but given the rate at which non-PC devices are becoming internet-connected that estimate is probably optimistic). Very few ISPs have even started the conversion to IPv6 and even use of NAT doesn't help much. Once IPv4 addresses are exhausted, new devices will only be allocated IPv6 addresses, and they won't be able to communicate with any IPv4 servers, without special translator gateway services.
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[SteveandJan]

We had problems with our Tiscali before going back to BT and the service was so slow I gave up but I know the feeling being without it

[kitch50]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Sniff
It's amazing how much we have come to rely upon the internet.

But if you're shocked by loss of your internet connection for a few days, just wait until IPv4 addresses run out (current estimate mid 2012, but given the rate at which non-PC devices are becoming internet-connected that estimate is probably optimistic). Very few ISPs have even started the conversion to IPv6 and even use of NAT doesn't help much. Once IPv4 addresses are exhausted, new devices will only be allocated IPv6 addresses, and they won't be able to communicate with any IPv4 servers, without special translator gateway services.
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Wow way over my head

all I can say is I am addicted to this site - it is evil I tell you.... evil[}:)]

[caroline]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:[i]Originally posted by kitch50

all I can say is I am addicted to this site - it is evil I tell you.... evil[}:)]
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It's definitely a 'time stealer' [msnwink]

[Andrena]

When mine goes down, I am jumping about and tearing my hair out I can tell you. What on earth did we do before we had it?

Andrena

[Lyn]

Before the internet I got bill's through the post, went to the travel agents to book my holidays, and wrote letters to people.

[bargainqueen]

I haven't had it installed at our house in Spain, it's only when I'm there I realise how much I use it daily. Like any addiction after a couple of days I stop twitching...lol

I pay my gas bill online and it was due when I'd be in Spain for 4 weeks. Luckily they sent it through early, so I was able to pay it before I left. My husband had never dealt with any bills on-line so it would have been tricky telling him what to do via the telephone.

[chrizzy100]

I only got internet in FL last year..mostly for some political stuff I could not leave..I leave the PC in the office and only use it if its really needed..I find it very hard to get back in the swing of using my PC for even important things once I get back..I only use a cell phone for about an hour a year hubby does not even own one ..when we go away that is our break..even China throwing its teddies out the pram over their switches not working will not stop that..they'll have to use carrier pigeons [msnwink].

[luckylady]

I can remember a time if my washing machine broke down I felt like I had lost an arm. Now if I cannot log on for whatever reason I am a demented soul.
My whole world stops and I cannot think logically and I am impossible to live with. Hence everyone pulls out all the stops to get up and running again.[msnsmile2]

[Sniff]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by florida4sun
It really is not an issue, there is no way they will not have this covered on time. Remember the year 2000 panic, all that passed quicker than a nats fart [msnwink]. Lots of companies jumping on the band wagon stirring up all sorts of nonsense and panic just to create some business.

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Sniff
It's amazing how much we have come to rely upon the internet.

But if you're shocked by loss of your internet connection for a few days, just wait until IPv4 addresses run out (current estimate mid 2012, but given the rate at which non-PC devices are becoming internet-connected that estimate is probably optimistic). Very few ISPs have even started the conversion to IPv6 and even use of NAT doesn't help much. Once IPv4 addresses are exhausted, new devices will only be allocated IPv6 addresses, and they won't be able to communicate with any IPv4 servers, without special translator gateway services.
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It's already happening in the internal networks of many large organisations. It's true that many ISPs might get their act together and switch to IPv6 in time, but there will still be literally millions of IPv4 addresses out there, which will find themselves unreachable.

As for Y2K, I was working in BA's IT dept at the time, and that "nats fart" was a 2 year project to update all the code affected.

The media might spin these things up, but that doesn't mean there isn't a basis in fact behind it.

[florida4sun]

Funny, my brother made a killing out of BA and RBS with the millennium bug nonsense. Of course there is basis but it is always overcome, to much money at stake. Anyways going way off topic [msnscared]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Sniff
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by florida4sun
It really is not an issue, there is no way they will not have this covered on time. Remember the year 2000 panic, all that passed quicker than a nats fart [msnwink]. Lots of companies jumping on the band wagon stirring up all sorts of nonsense and panic just to create some business.

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Sniff
It's amazing how much we have come to rely upon the internet.

But if you're shocked by loss of your internet connection for a few days, just wait until IPv4 addresses run out (current estimate mid 2012, but given the rate at which non-PC devices are becoming internet-connected that estimate is probably optimistic). Very few ISPs have even started the conversion to IPv6 and even use of NAT doesn't help much. Once IPv4 addresses are exhausted, new devices will only be allocated IPv6 addresses, and they won't be able to communicate with any IPv4 servers, without special translator gateway services.
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It's already happening in the internal networks of many large organisations. It's true that many ISPs might get their act together and switch to IPv6 in time, but there will still be literally millions of IPv4 addresses out there, which will find themselves unreachable.

As for Y2K, I was working in BA's IT dept at the time, and that "nats fart" was a 2 year project to update all the code affected.

The media might spin these things up, but that doesn't mean there isn't a basis in fact behind it.
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[Sniff]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by florida4sun
Funny, my brother made a killing out of BA and RBS with the millennium bug nonsense. Of course there is basis but it is always overcome, to much money at stake. Anyways going way off topic [msnscared]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Sniff
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by florida4sun
It really is not an issue, there is no way they will not have this covered on time. Remember the year 2000 panic, all that passed quicker than a nats fart [msnwink]. Lots of companies jumping on the band wagon stirring up all sorts of nonsense and panic just to create some business.

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Sniff
It's amazing how much we have come to rely upon the internet.

But if you're shocked by loss of your internet connection for a few days, just wait until IPv4 addresses run out (current estimate mid 2012, but given the rate at which non-PC devices are becoming internet-connected that estimate is probably optimistic). Very few ISPs have even started the conversion to IPv6 and even use of NAT doesn't help much. Once IPv4 addresses are exhausted, new devices will only be allocated IPv6 addresses, and they won't be able to communicate with any IPv4 servers, without special translator gateway services.
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It's already happening in the internal networks of many large organisations. It's true that many ISPs might get their act together and switch to IPv6 in time, but there will still be literally millions of IPv4 addresses out there, which will find themselves unreachable.

As for Y2K, I was working in BA's IT dept at the time, and that "nats fart" was a 2 year project to update all the code affected.

The media might spin these things up, but that doesn't mean there isn't a basis in fact behind it.
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Off topic agreed. But nonsense? Not at all...