Things To Do When Your ISP Is Down

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Last night I could'nt get on-line because my ISP had technical difficulties. Frustrating, yes, so I worked off-line for a while, watched the news and went to bed early. At least I got a full night's sleep. Have you had this happen to you and if so, what did you do?

― jim wentworth (wench), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 05:40 (twenty-two years ago)

had a w*nk.

― gorsh, Wednesday, 4 February 2004 05:44 (twenty-two years ago)

That would do it.

― jim wentworth (wench), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 05:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Call up the System Administrator and give him an earful.

― Andrew (enneff), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 06:03 (twenty-two years ago)

(Yes, I do this.)

― Andrew (enneff), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 06:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Walk 3 blocks & give them an earful for me (haha, this may be why I so far have such wonderful luck...)
bake beer bread
get puppy to chase a red laser pointer dot around the apartment
scan in photos of adorable neice

― lyra (lyra), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 06:19 (twenty-two years ago)

commit suicide! and do lots of crossword puzzles.

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 06:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I called the ISP this a.m. and listened to their friggin' muzak for half an hour and had to get a new password. (I sill don't know why) Spoke to an EM-ployee, but he was actually a dude and I didn't want to seem too uncool about the whole thing. Not to him, anyhow. Bu I would have loved being in a locked room with his boss and the laser pointer.

― jim wentworth (wench), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 06:27 (twenty-two years ago)

commit suicide! and do lots of crossword puzzles.

In that order?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)

You punks better not be ringing me up and giving me an earful! I've had it with this job!

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 17:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I usually don't give tech support an earful unless they're being bastards, in which case I am more than happy to make the ten minutes or so I'm in their lives miserable. I think that's happened only the once for me.

Anyway, things to do when the ISP is down? Hm. Watch TV. Read something -- newspaper, magazine, book, owner's manual, whatever. Fix yourself something to eat. Become a clean freak. Listen to lots of music. Write something. Play "Spooky" on the kazoo. And so on.

― Mellow Dee (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 18:04 (twenty-two years ago)

sixteen years pass...

― xzanfar, Monday, 7 December 2020 15:44 (five years ago)

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