Days without telecommunication / internet / network services
Recently there were 2 earthquake incidents in southern part of Taiwan. Though there is still death toll, the number is fortunately not big. 2 people were killed and 40+ were injured (according to what I read from the paper). This earthquake problem affected not only Taiwan but its surrounding countries because it damaged some major submarine network cables. For users who have internet services routed through these damaged cables, encountered difficulties in accessing the internet. ISPs are working on fixing the problems and most of the users are able to access the internet already. Not only is internet service being disrupted, in some countries, telecommunication network were also down.
So well I guess some of us are fortunate enough to be able to regain access to the internet within a day or two. Though even a day or 2 is considered pretty fast already, there are still people lamenting about it. From a newspaper article, it was reported that there was a period of time this year, Pakistan's internet service was being disrupted for a good 12 days. Imagine yourself, your country's internet service was being disrupted for say just 3 days? 5 days? A week?? I feel that some people's life will turn upside down...
"Har, oh, like that, you send me lor, I take a look...",
"... I will send it to you asap when I am done...",
"you need that ah? Ok I send you later",
"eh I want AAA's contact number ah? no pen now, you send to me lah, thanks!"
We are constantly SENDING things to one another. Handphone, computer, snail mails etc. We have been sending things to one another since thousands of years ago. If for a week, you are unable to get access to internet, or perhaps your telecommunication lines are not functioning, I think there will be alot of inconvenience caused to your daily life. Many businesses especially globalised ones will have problems in their daily operations and lose really big big bucks because they will lose means of communicating with their overseas counterpart, delay in shipment etc. Disasterous I would say.
But lets wind the clock back to say, 15 or 16 years ago, when there still isnt internet and mobile / cellphone services. Back then, I was probably 5 or 6 years old. I rememeber there still isnt mobile phone and I dont even have a computer at home (I dont need them). When we meeting up with friends, we will have to confirm everything way before and there should preferably be no changes on the day itself. If you are late for a meeting, your friends will be ultra annoyed by you because they know they cant wander far to do a little shopping at a nearby mall without knowing when you will be reaching. If computers or internet is never discovered in our lives, could our lives have been much more simpler?? Will there not be problems of internet pornography, viruses and worms etc? I dont know... being so used to the technology around me now, I dont think I can live in that era without cellphone and computers (probably computers I can still live without owning one... but come to think of it, even my mom needs computer to check BIG SWEEP, TOTO and 4D - faster than radio... 0.O")
So if you have time, do reflect back to the time when technology is alien and think about if one day all means of communication were being cut off by... perhaps another earthquake?
So well I guess some of us are fortunate enough to be able to regain access to the internet within a day or two. Though even a day or 2 is considered pretty fast already, there are still people lamenting about it. From a newspaper article, it was reported that there was a period of time this year, Pakistan's internet service was being disrupted for a good 12 days. Imagine yourself, your country's internet service was being disrupted for say just 3 days? 5 days? A week?? I feel that some people's life will turn upside down...
"Har, oh, like that, you send me lor, I take a look...",
"... I will send it to you asap when I am done...",
"you need that ah? Ok I send you later",
"eh I want AAA's contact number ah? no pen now, you send to me lah, thanks!"
We are constantly SENDING things to one another. Handphone, computer, snail mails etc. We have been sending things to one another since thousands of years ago. If for a week, you are unable to get access to internet, or perhaps your telecommunication lines are not functioning, I think there will be alot of inconvenience caused to your daily life. Many businesses especially globalised ones will have problems in their daily operations and lose really big big bucks because they will lose means of communicating with their overseas counterpart, delay in shipment etc. Disasterous I would say.
But lets wind the clock back to say, 15 or 16 years ago, when there still isnt internet and mobile / cellphone services. Back then, I was probably 5 or 6 years old. I rememeber there still isnt mobile phone and I dont even have a computer at home (I dont need them). When we meeting up with friends, we will have to confirm everything way before and there should preferably be no changes on the day itself. If you are late for a meeting, your friends will be ultra annoyed by you because they know they cant wander far to do a little shopping at a nearby mall without knowing when you will be reaching. If computers or internet is never discovered in our lives, could our lives have been much more simpler?? Will there not be problems of internet pornography, viruses and worms etc? I dont know... being so used to the technology around me now, I dont think I can live in that era without cellphone and computers (probably computers I can still live without owning one... but come to think of it, even my mom needs computer to check BIG SWEEP, TOTO and 4D - faster than radio... 0.O")
So if you have time, do reflect back to the time when technology is alien and think about if one day all means of communication were being cut off by... perhaps another earthquake?
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