one poem a day
without internet access
poet’s frustration
Bandwidth issues today meant more time battling technology than reading or writing.
At least it gave me a senryū.
Today is Day 5 of National/Global Poetry Writing Month.
While this poem is off-prompt, but I’m sharing it at napowrimo.net.
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My poem was off prompt today too. But at least I didn’t have to battle connection problems.
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With the stay-at-home order, I’m sure our share of bandwidth is down. I upgraded our bandwidth allotment. Now it’s a matter of finding the hardware to handle it. Everyone is shopping for the same.
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I had lot of trouble getting things to open. So I closed Google Chrome and went to Firefox and everything opened without a fuss. Then just to see what would happen I went back to Google and everything worked well again.
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I bought a new modem to utilize the upgraded bandwidth allotment I purchased. That’s helped, but now I have to find a faster router. The shelves are empty.
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Seems nothing is guaranteed right now … hoping your connectivity gets its act together and stays steady … and your patience prevails! In such cases, can you include a “written on” date with the poem and post it later along with another day’s poem?
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I spent the day playing with the computer , instead of using it. I finally got around to writing in time to post this. My new modem takes advantage of my upgraded bandwidth. For now I’ll use the old router, until I can find a faster one. (Everyone is shopping for them, it seems.)
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We are also having more problems than usual with technology, Ken. Glad you managed to get this one posted.
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Thanks, Robbie. Everyone is at home, and they’re all online, which definitely slows things down.
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It’s always frustrating. I spent an hour last night trying to get hooked up with my daughters.
Today will be better…(she said hopefully) (k)
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Pretty soon, we’ll have bandwidth rationing.
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I hadn’t considered that but of course.
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Losing Internet connections is so frustrating. I’m glad you got reconnected!
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😀
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