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Maybe it's time to start surfing the ocean instead of surfing the Internet!?
My phone and Internet went dead...
Imagine being totally dependent on a phone line. My phone line connects me to almost everything I do. I read the local Kauai Garden island News and other newspaper's online every morning while waking up with a cup of Joe,
I check emails, send emails, and answer and post on face-book, I use skype fro all my long distance and video calls. I post a daily blog every evening at 6:00 P.M, and recently purchased a television with built in wifi that relies on phone connection to view and live stream netflix.
So when I got home Friday evening, my sabbath at 5:45 P.M, I wanted to post my daily blog before the Sabbath began, but low and behold somehow my phone connection totally died. I trouble shot with rebooting my router and modem plus checking connections that were on splitters by plugging directly into the phone-jack, still nothing, plus I am one of the few people left in America without a cell-phone.
I call the phone company with my next door neighbors phone and after a 90 minute wait, I am told I have a bad connection, even though my neighbors have phone somehow mine went dead? I am told they can get someone out here by February 9TH, that's almost 2 weeks, I live on the Internet.. Then they tell me if it's an interior problem I will be charged, I said wait, I should be getting credits for service being down, not being charged? "WTF" is what I am thinking...
I am very frustrated, posting this blog from a friends house using her router. I never realized how dependent I was on a phone line and the irony is, I barely talk on the phone and the other irony is I lived in the woods for 6 years without most anything...
I guess it's time to catch up on my gardening and social skills in person in lieu face-booking, blogging Skyping (sic) and emailing, it's either that or check myself into the local Psych ward.
Please note, if I do not answer your emails, face-book, or Skype, please understand I am in withdrawal and hope to get my supplier back( the phone company) soon, before I decompose...
Editor's note, Dakinetalk guest bloggers do not necessarily represent the opinions of dakinetalk. Guest bloggers are given space to express their beliefs and or opinions. We feel there are many roads and like to give people space to express their thoughts,after-all that's what dakine is...Aloha, James "Kimo" Rosen, Publisher.
11 comments:
My neighbors router works in my place, she gave me her pin to log on! Praise G-D for JoAnne, and my good friend and also neighbor, Micah is letting me use his cell phone that he only has for road travel until my problem is resolved. I am thankful for such dear and special friends! Mahalo nui Loa!
Douglas Dunn said via facebook;"Love this!
Real surfing beats "surfing" the web any day;
enjoying sun, sand, surf and the beauty of paradise far surpasses Internet fantasies.
Has our digital revolution brought us freedom or enslavement?"
Harmony said via facebook:"Good luck, Kimo. There is always the library for internet, & good you have a friend to lend you a phone."
Harmony, I am bouncing of my neighbor JoAnnes router, so I actually havre internet access just a little weaker signal for now, hopefully no need for the library, I did that route for many years...
Doug, how about a guest-blog? Your sentence above would be a great title for a blog;"Has our digital revolution brought us freedom or enslavement?"
Judith Whitehead said vis facebook;"Its the first thing I do before going to work in the am...we are so used to this technology...its amazing....."
Judy, it's amazing, I am using my netbook with a weak signal from my neighbors router two doors down, without having computer access i would be catatonic. I usually use my desktop computer with a huge HD monitor, guess I'm roughing with a small netbook... :D)
Chester "Unc" lau said via facebook;"Shalom Rabbi,good to see you back,All Kauai people need the internet,too bad Kauai don't have CLEARWIRE internet yet,I love Clearwire wireless,you can go to da beach with your Netbook & email Bill Gates for donation for a year round kosher luau for your cyber friends."
Unc lau-lau, Mahalos for da tip, i will google Clearwire!
Just google and checked clearwire, it's not available on Kauai as of now and it's very expensive, 50.00 a month? I only pay 29.00 for phone and internet....
Chester "Unc" Lau said via facebook;"Maui & Hawaii have Clearwire,will Kauai be far behind?it's only money,you can hit Bill Gates for donation,that's how I got my Windows 95...remember Windows 95? my first email was to a guy in Antarctica,and the guy answered :-)
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