Web might be down for a while.

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

This is gonna suck.

 

[sandorski]

Ya. It always does.

 

[Captante]

This is gonna suck.

More for you then for us!

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

I hate these dinky screen keyboards and rubber tipped typing things.

 

[BoomerD]

We're having a storm here in the PNW that's supposed to bring 60 mph gusts. That usually brings us power outages. Lots of them already being reported around the region.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

I think the winds that took my web down were closer to 200. No telling how many poles are down.

 

[BoomerD]

I think the winds that took my web down were closer to 200. No telling how many poles are down.

Thankfully, we don't really get tornados here. (I mean, we DO, but they're hella weak...maybe F .05 or something.)

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

SMART stuff is DUMB without Internuts.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Service restored. Somebody worked hard out there.

 

[Medicine Head]

I think the winds that took my web down were closer to 200. No telling how many poles are down.

Pumpkin Sun, stay safe in that tornado storm.

 

[brianmanahan]

when someone loses the web, are they really alive during that time?

 

[BoomerD]

when someone loses the web, are they really alive during that time?

No. There was NO life before Al Gore invented the internet.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

I need something for backup service. Cell service stayed up so I could use a phone, but what I have won't work as a hot spot for the computers or other devices which means I lost my radar screen during the storm.

It needs to be available on short notice, but not have a continuous monthly charge. Pay as you go kind of thing. Turn on, use, turn off. Pay in advance for 'X' Gig or days might be OK as long as it could be activated within a few minutes when needed.

A thing called FreedomPop used to have a home hub thing, but it doesn't look like they offer it any more.

 

[Captante]

Google Fi might work since they offer "pay-as-you-go" and unlimited hot-spot. They charge $20 for service and $10 per GB for data. (Fi uses T-Mobile and/or US Cellular)

I have Ting wireless currently and they are $10 for service plus $5 per GB each month and they also offer unlimited hot-spot however YMMV with signal strength. (Ting uses T-Mobile and/or Verizon but Fi has the better coverage)