A few days ago, during a completely normal online session, my Internet stopped working. Just like that, I was offline. First of all, I didn't even know whom to contact about the outage. After all, I always access my ISP account online. Fortunately, my cell phone has Internet access, so I was able to get a phone number. I won't go into the gory details, but the customer service agent (in the Philippines) was not able to get me online after more than an hour of troubleshooting, and he determined I needed to have a technician come to my house the next afternoon. So, now I just had to wait.
My resulting behavior, though, has given me cause for concern... am I addicted to the Internet? Why did I keep checking every 30 minutes to see if maybe I was somehow able to get online? I even caught myself looking out the window, as if somehow the problem would be sitting out there in the front yard. This is not good, and it's made me wonder if I have a problem. Was I experiencing withdrawal symptoms?
It's not as if I surf all day long, but I do have my habits. In the morning, cup of coffee in hand, I read the news online, check my email, read my favorite blogs, and maybe comment or post if I have something to say. If I'm home, in the afternoon I check my email again... and, after dinner I usually check my email and maybe go online, depending on what's happening on the home front. And if I happen to be in the vicinity of my laptop and the email alert sounds, I will check it then. I don't know, is this excessive and why do I feel so disconnected when my Internet is down? (no pun intended!)
Am I Addicted?
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We just canceled cable tv - but kept the cable internet. I'm just not giving it up!!
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How bad is it at our house? When we should be cutting back expenses, we're deciding on faster Internet access for the family...
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