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Saturday, January 28, 2012

"My phone and Internet went dead..." James "Kimo" Rosen



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.