Thursday 22nd march 2012, a day just like any other day, all was well in my world, it was 3:30 am a little early to rise even for me but hay ho,i made the first brew of the day sat down in front of the 42 inch monitor ( i know ive said that before) switched on and oh dear the routers gone haywire, that's it life as we know it has ended, no broadband, no fast repartee with life from other continents, no Facebook, twitter, or path, i have to rely on the phones 3g for the latest news from the four corners of this ever decreasing planet of ours, still i convince myself no problem, just reboot the routers firmware and i will be up and running in no time, how wrong was i, firmware upgrade failed, factory reset failed, claw hammer failed, new router required, the process of getting a new one was to say the least frustrating, ten long days later i have it, gold dust in my grubby mitts, setting up the new router was a piece of cake,plug it in and away it went, well apart from the new pass word being put into 2 wireless receivers (sky anytime and smart tv, im such a gadget freak)three phones including my daughter who just loves to use my bandwidth when shes home,ipad and extra laptop (just in case).
i then got to thinking how many people have i laughed at with the very same predicament (boy do i love spell check) what on earth are they upset about, no broadband, their,s more to life than worrying about internet access, uuumm i bet a few of you are thinking the same, do you remember 56k modems, e-mails two minutes each, audio files, ten minutes, video or as we ole folk say, films, took longer to download than cook eat and wash up two Sunday lunches, or a couple of trips to wetherspoons for the more affluent of you, but i digress again, video streaming, bbc iplayer 4 on demand, itv, sky go, tv catch-up,youtube, to name but a few,their for all with the wonder of broadband, the last router went for 61320 hours i wonder how long this one will last, right gotta go now time to listen to the omnibus edition of the archers, (i think i missed Tuesdays)for my foreign readers that is an everyday story of country folk, i love my broadband.
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