I do I do. I am realy thankful!

Doris




At 09:32 PM 8/10/2013 -0600, you wrote:
>Glad nobody was hurt too as those electrical storms can be dangerous 
>on all counts.  Enjoy your new set up.
>
>Vicki
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris and Chris" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 8:05 PM
>Subject: Re: Back ON!
>
>
>>Neither and both. *g* Our modem and router were taken out by 
>>lightening directly, which must have hit close to our apartment 
>>building, probably at the bpoint where the main cable entered the 
>>builting as all our cabling runs undergrund.
>>
>>The other part was a connector of the isp out on the street that 
>>was hit and where a bunch of electronic components were damaged. It 
>>took them two days to find and replace those, the longest we ever 
>>had an outage. usually an outage here only lasts for a few hours at the most.
>>
>>Thanks for asking and thanks for praying. *g*  papito always teases 
>>me that when our internet is out, he prays for our connectivity but 
>>also for my patience and sanity. *g*
>>
>>hugs and smiles,
>>
>>Doris
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>At 07:52 PM 8/10/2013 -0600, you wrote:
>>>Glad to have you back Doris. So were you guys hit by lightning or 
>>>was it your service provider.
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: Doris and Chris <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>Date: Saturday, August 10, 2013 3:58 pm
>>>Subject: Back ON!
>>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > We're back online after more than 48 hours of downtime of our dsl
>>> > following a major thunderstorm and being hit by lightening.
>>> >
>>> > It turns out that our modem after ailing for a day or so died and we
>>> > needed to buy a replacement. Qe now have a modem router combo for the
>>> > first time. We bought the cheapest we could get and were blessed in
>>> > that the interface is accessible but the language cannot be changed
>>> > to English as I would prefer. It's a good thing that the interface
>>> > needs rarely be accessed.
>>> >
>>> > Anyway, thanks to you who prayed or just thought of us. *g*
>>> > Doris and Chris in Germany