[Magdalen] Another dumb tech question

[Grace Cangialosi]

Well, I'm supposed to be able to use the 4G function on my phone for the
internet, if there's no wifi access, and I use that all the time, but that
isn't working, either.

Anyway, I called the dreaded CenturyLink, since that's my internet
provider, and as expected, they can't come out until a week from Wednesday.
Last time the fault was the router, and it took me six weeks to get it
straightened out and get a new one. Good thing I don't use them for my
phone service!

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 3:25 PM, cady soukup <cadyasoukup at gmail.com> wrote:

> WiFi is local. Internet requires something functioning outside of the
> wifi router. 2 different things, 2 different sets of equipment. (Wifi
> gets you to the local 3G/4G tower, the tower  gets you to the
> internet.) Phones can go direct to a tower without benefit of wifi.
> Computers (generally) cannot.
>
> We've relied on the Culpeper Dump Tower 4G for - oh - about a year. It
> has not been functioning for about 3 weeks - we have to go INTO
> Culpeper to get 4G on our phones. Luckily, we still have our 3G router
> and it is functioning. Slowly. Old technology.
>
> The recent rains have been nasty to internet receiver/transmitters on
> local towers.
>
> Cady
>
> On 8/20/18, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am apparently connected to Wifi—nice strong signal. However, I’m not
> > connected to the internet—the internet icon on the router is flickering,
> and
> > I can’t access anything except my mail, and I can’t download any of the
> > content in that.
> >
> > I thought if you were connected to Wifi, you were connected to the
> internet,
> > because I thought that’s what WiFi was for.
> >
> > What do I need to do to fix this? I’ve disconnected the router twice. I
> hope
> > this isn’t going to be another 6-week nightmare with my internet
> provider!
>



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Grace Cangialosi
Ruckersville, VA

*"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great
love."*
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