Nothing is perfect

Notwithstanding my bitching and moaning here at LTG, life in the Philippines has been mostly good. Except when it isn’t. Power outages, and that having no water for over two weeks thing have been frustrating to say the least. But at least I’ve had decent internet. Until I didn’t.

So yesterday I couldn’t access my blog or other frequently visited websites. And I couldn’t figure out why. My internet was on and showing a strong signal. I could access Facebook and email, but not much else. I emailed and asked my pal Kevin Kim to see if there were any issues opening my blog in Korea and he reported it was all good there. So I had a local problem to deal with, such as I could. I had the helper contact my internet provider via text, but of course there was no response.

I had darts in the afternoon (we won!) and the guy who runs Treasure Island came into the bar for a beer. We got to chatting (he’s one of the most well-read and knowledgeable folks I’ve met here). I mentioned my internet problem and he said “you must have CATV as your provider”. Yep. He does too and had the same issues. He told me it is a periodic problem with them, as apparently they have capacity issues. I note they don’t have any trouble getting me my monthly bill on time!

I’d change providers except they are the only company that services my subdivision. My blog did open this morning and I’m writing this post before I’ve gone on to check anywhere else on the ‘net. Didn’t want to leave y’all hanging if things go south again.

I’ll be back!

UPDATE: Internet is back to 100% functionality. Woo Hoo! Of course, now the power just went out. It went off at exactly 0800 so I assume it is some scheduled brownout for maintenance or something. Thank goodness for my mobile hotspot function!