I am using Telus’ High Speed ADSL Internet at home but it has been down for 6 days now. Therefore, I am not able to write my blog and setup another website as I planned. This down time is unacceptable. My internet plan included 5 hours of dial up connection but this is absolutely not enough for 6 days (and maybe more) of down time. I am now only using my spare time at work to blog about this matter.
No Excuse
I called Telus’ technical support and they told me that there is an outage in my area. They said there is something broken and they had once sent a technician to fix it but not successful. They needed to send a technician down to fix it again but there is no estimated time of when it will be fixed. Why didn’t they test it throughly after the first attempt? As a computer technician myself, I always think testing is one of the most important stages because it allows you to find out what has really been changed and fixed. Testing allows you to find out what you didn’t plan for.
More Spare Time
So without internet at home, I now have more time to play games on my PC and XBox 360. I am currently playing The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion on my PC (yea, its getting old but I don’t think I can finish the game) and NHL 08 on my XBox 360. I was able to “fix” my NHL 08 disc so that the game does not freeze any more. If you want to know how I fixed it, please read here.
So how long is the longest internet outage for you? I am expecting for the worst case and may need to change ISP if necessary. Anyways, it’s time to get back to work.
My longest was a few hours (excluding power outages).
Lucky you, I wish it has been fixed when I get home tonight.