Lightning strikes twice

By Gina
@Gina145 (3949)
Johannesburg, South Africa
September 3, 2017 10:28am CST
I'm so frustrated. Our landline and internet aren't working again - down since Wednesday. That's about nine days out of the last 18 so I've been forced to take my kindle out looking for free WiFi just to keep contact with my life online. Typing with this thing is really slow though so I'll keep this short. Hope to be back soon.
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Jellybelly
@CookieMonster46 (13454)
• United States
3 Sep 17
i was out of it for a while earlier this year, i know it is hard but I just stayed of line, and found other things to do. Good luck
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Gina
@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
7 Sep 17
@CookieMonster46 The trouble is that I haven't been able to get online from home either. I finally bought an alternate "modem" that doesn't need my ADSL line, but it seems to be incompatible with my desktop computer.
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Jellybelly
@CookieMonster46 (13454)
• United States
8 Sep 17
@Gina145 oh boy, that is not good.
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Gina
@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
8 Sep 17
@CookieMonster46 I finally replaced my dongle with one that actually works but the cost of internet access using it is so much higher than what I'm used to that I really need to be very careful about what I do online at the moment.
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vanny
@vandana7 (100220)
• India
3 Sep 17
Aw...and I thought South Africa was better than India...
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Gina
@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
5 Sep 17
They're busy updating our area to fibre internet and the workers keep damaging the phone cables. This kind of problem wasn't normal before that.
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maezee
@maezee (41988)
• United States
3 Sep 17
That sounds very frustrating. I hope its up soon.
Gina
@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
7 Sep 17
Thanks @maezee . I've managed to buy an alternate method of connecting to the internet but it's quite price and seems incompatible with my desktop computer so I may have to return it. No luck with the phone so far and it's been over a week now.
Anna
@LadyDuck (471272)
• Switzerland
3 Sep 17
I am so sorry you still have Internet problems. I am unable to use a smartphone to type.
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Gina
@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
3 Sep 17
Thanks@LadyDuck . My phone is tough to manage with its tiny buttons but the touchscreen is just as bad. Thank goodness for its word suggestions.
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Angie
@andriaperry (116936)
• Anniston, Alabama
3 Sep 17
Sorry , that has to be terrible for you. I hope its gets back to normal soon.
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Gina
@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
7 Sep 17
@andriaperry I'm not sure how long it's likely to take. Every day I tell them it's urgent but it's been over a week already.
April
@thislittlepennyearns (62063)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
3 Sep 17
Have you looked for a Bluetooth keyboard for it?
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Gina
@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
3 Sep 17
I'm not sure whether it has Bluetooth but I'll see if some kind of keyboard is available because I'm really struggling. Thanks for the suggestion @thislittlepennyearns .
rebelann1949
@rebelann (112770)
• El Paso, Texas
3 Sep 17
I'd go bezurk if that happened to me, I'm addicted to the internet. I hope they fix all that for you really soon.