Internet Addiction Part I

It was on the night of August 15th 2005 at 2:15AM that it happened. I remember it clearly; I was sitting with only the glow of the computer monitor to light the room. Engrossed in a discussion on msn messenger with my Internet friends from around the world when it happened.

No, Not again I thought, MSN Messenger is always cutting off while in the middle of an interesting rant about unimportant things.

Retry, Retry, Retry,

Not connecting, Email I thought, I need to Email my friends and let them know that MSN has screwed up once again, we wouldn’t want them thinking something terrible has happened to me.

So I Launched Firefox my chosen web browser only to be presented with..

What! Google.com is offline too, ahh NTL my service provider they screwed up.
I dived down the check the little blinking lights on my broadband modem. There was no connection.

Now what do I do? My heart was beginning to race, Ill call their Service Status Line. And find out if they are having problems, I dive down the hall and grab a hold of the phone and start to punch in the numbers, 0800 --- but then I realise there is no tone.

My phone is dead; NTL who provide the phone line must be having some real problems, now my heart was really beginning to race, my palms where getting sweaty, What now?

My Mobile Phone, Thank god for my mobile phone I turn and cross the hall back into the room in hunt for my mobile phone, after a few minutes of panic I find it. I sat down, Relived I started punching in the numbers 0800 –

What? No. It can’t be, not now, Please no. My Phone signal was at zero. This happens often, no need to panic I thought, ill just nip out side and ill have a signal.

The street was almost dead and quieter than normal, all that could be heard was the buzzing of the street light above me, I peered down at my phone, and still there was no signal. I walk up my street path in hunt for a signal becoming more and more aware of just how quite things are, sure its normally quite at this time but not like this, almost as if something was missing.
It was no good there was no signal. I returned back to the house and tried the landline again, no tone. Back into the room and check the modem, no connection.

As I sat there in the Darkened room feeling empty and as if someone very close to me had just died I decided just to go to bed, am sure whatever the problem is it will be fixed by the time I reawaken.

(To be continued)

Stealthtron