One of my committee members up in Ayrshire had 3 days without electricity last week. The electricity came back on, but her internet service provider had no electricity so she still didn't have the internet. She said that without electricity you can manage, though more work and it takes longer, but without the internet you feel very cut-off.
My television quietly packed it in on Friday morning. It is an old, very small, black and white set. I wasn't planning to go digital, and would watch what little (though more than I readily admit to!) television I watch on i-player and 4od. But I haven't been able to get an internet connection all weekend.
Rang up o2 yesterday evening and they are going to send me a new wireless box. Hopefully this will arrive tomorrow and I will get it up and running in time to watch Sherlock Holmes on iplayer. My neighbour invited me in to see it on her tv, but all 3 of her tvs were having problems with BBC1 on
Sunday evening!
I have only had internet at home for 18 months, but I did feel cut off without it over the weekend, and was glad to get into the office and have a quick check before I started work of who had emailed me.
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