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What is the longest period of time that your internet has been down?

SeaMaiden — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 18:12:33 GMT

After the rain and wind storm last weekend here in the Seattle area, our power was out for a day and when it came back on, our internet WiFi connection was out for another Four days.

I realized how dependant (addicted?) I have become to it. I became really depressed...

I guess I need to take a day or two off a week from the internet.....it seems to be an unhealthy addiction to upset me so when I could not use it. I did not realize how dependent I am on using it.

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sunshine45 — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 18:17:23 GMT

at home wired comcast internet? 6 days because our electricity was out.

on my cell phone? a couple of hours or less due to system issues.

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hopi — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 18:17:36 GMT

Considering we had nothing like that our entire young lives it is amazing how dependent we have become for way to many things

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ALRATIBA — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 18:23:25 GMT

Never completely down.

My cable modem died and I didn't have computer access or wi-fi for a couple of days until the tech got here to replace the modem, but my I had my iPhone - so I did have email, etc.

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Bri369 — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 18:25:19 GMT

Internet system outage - maybe a few hours.

We have a whole house generator, so the power kicks back on within seconds

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wilma — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 18:26:21 GMT

Our Internet and cable TV were out about a week several years ago. The remnants of a Gulf Coast hurricane traveled north and hit the Ohio Valley area.

More than half the city was without power. Our neighborhood had power but the Internet & cable TV were down. It was winter so my family members who had no power stayed at our house. Every extra sofa and bed was in use. A few complained our Internet & cable was down. I told them they could choose between my warm house without Internet and cable or their cold houses with Internet & cable. They all stayed until power was restored to their neighborhoods.

Love my family, but it was a rough week in more ways than one.

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newjersey — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 18:31:30 GMT

About 10 minutes, lol

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SoonerLater — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 18:34:24 GMT

Three days. We've had two catastrophic ice storms and both times it was 3 3.5 days out. We did get a generator, so the last one we were warm!

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Snowpuppy — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 18:39:23 GMT

At home? 3 days.

Not addicted, no smart phone helps, but I do have to head into the office when I can't log in at home.

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KailaS — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 18:48:19 GMT

Five days without power meant no Internet, television, or land line. At the time I did not have a cell phone. It is weird that I missed devices even more than power to cook.

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SilleeMee — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 19:05:22 GMT

Usually only about an hour. But one time my house was hit by lightening and it fried all of my electronics so I had to wait and get another router which took over a week to get here in the mail. But that really was the least of my worries. I had no TV, computers, phone ...no electronic devices at all. They were all wiped out by the lightening strike. That event ranks in the top 5 worse things that ever happened to me in my life and I hope it never happens again.

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author — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 19:43:37 GMT

Two weeks!

It was awful at first, but it's only my DH and moi and we managed ok. Read our email and went on internet on our phones (have wi-fi in my car so could check stuff there) and by the time the damage to a large box a few blocks away (squirrels ate wiring) was fixed we were doing fine. More time for other things, reading, doing put-off chores, organizing stuff, cleaning. It was sort of "a good thing." We did have cable tv, so no worries there.

I missed the forums but found out I could live without them.

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chickenbutt — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 19:54:46 GMT

I can't remember, but the only thing I can recall is a couple of times when the electricity was out so, consequently, no internet. That is quite infrequent and almost never lasts more than a couple of hours.

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RedTop — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 20:04:21 GMT

With Frontier, our internet was always out. Our AT&T wireless connection is great.

When I'm on my IPad, like now, I use the mobile hot spot connection on my phone for internet access.

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millieshops — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 20:05:30 GMT

Last time my Internet was down for days, so were my furnace and electric stove. Too cold to miss the Internet!

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CelticCrafter — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 20:17:57 GMT

Ten days after Super Storm Sandy and I didn't have a smartphone at the time.

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FastDogWalker2 — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 20:47:30 GMT

The longest our power was out was with Hurricane Isabel - seven long, hot days! At the time we didn't have a generator. Thankfully, we now have a full house generator.

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qvcfreak — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 21:03:51 GMT

Maybe a week after a Hurricane

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Carmie — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 21:32:06 GMT

The worst was many years ago when I had dial up service with AOL. I had two screen names, but never used one of them much.

One night I attempted to sign in and got a message that I was already signed on. I had to wait until the morning to call AOL. They told me I was still signed on under my second screen name.

I said it was not me. They asked for my password for the screen name in use, and I didn't remember it because I hadn't used it for months. They would not disconnect the line on the second screen name.

They should have because I had the password for my master screen name.

To make a long story short, someone was using my account for three continuous days at $3.95 an hour and I couldn't do a thing about it. They also used it at night before and I was unaware. As soon as I could sign on under my main screen name. I deleted the other one.

My account was paid by auto pay and AOL charged me almost $500 for that month. I called and begged and cried and complained, but they did nothing about it and would not refund me.

I know it was one of their employees...and inside job. There was no reason they why they couldn't disconnect the service when I asked.

So, I would say, three days.

of course we go camping for weeks where there is no internet service, but we expect that.

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PhoebeDragon1 — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 00:03:11 GMT

Hurricane Irene in 2011....no power for 8 days...luckily it was in August. Beside having 18 inches of water in the basement (due sump pumps being out), trees down and no power anywhere, the last thing we thought about was wifi. Follow that up with super storm Sandy in 2012....14 days without power starting at the end of October. Temperature in the house was hovering around 50 degrees, but luckily we had a fireplace, lots of wood, and a gas stove. Cold showers are not fun in November. Again, no one cared about the internet! Moved to Florida in 2014...