Is system down? In Florida, sunny skies.

[Lab-Lover]

My husband called. I have to stay in Miami for a few days. He is at home, he said the system is down and not working. We have not left Hughes net yet, we have a few days left in our billing cycle. We are not throttled, he checked. He showed me a pic of the screen, I need to crop out my San nimber and then will send. In comments

[Lab-Lover]

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[Liz]

Hi Kim,

Thanks for posting. Looks like there currently is an outage at your gateway due to bad weather conditions, which is probably why there's no connectivity at the moment. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Hopefully the storm will blow over soon.

Thanks,
Liz

[Lab-Lover]

Ok, even though we are sunny? The closest storms are maybe 40 miles away? Thx.

[Liz]

Yes, while the weather where your dish is can affect service, so does the gateway where your data passes through also matters.

-Liz

[GabeU]

Kim,

Your gateway isn't tied to where you live.  It could be anywhere.  I live in Western NY state, yet my gateway is in Billings, MT. 

[GabeU]

BTW, how are you doing? 

[Lab-Lover]

Thank you very much. One more thing I have learned today from this community.... I have said it before, and I will say it again, thank you very much for the education. Knowledge never hurt anyone. Kim

[Liz]

You're very welcome, Kim.

I checked to see if the outage has been restored and it has, so your internet should be back to normal now.

-Liz

[Lab-Lover]

Thanks for your explanation Gabe, I had no idea about the gateway. How would I find out where my gateway is? For curiosity sake?
I am doing OK, long story, but as I weaned down from steroid, I was on a Med that I was apparently allergic too. (Bactrim- add it to the list!). So, my mouth felt funny, and it felt like it was getting smaller? I increased the steroid back up, it went away. So... Went to Miami, and they are weaning me off, and sure enough, if I had not been on steroid, it could have been an anacephalic reaction. Basically, the reaction you get when you are seriously allergic and you stop breathing. So... Scary, but I have been down this road before... Like I said below, knowledge never hurt anyone and I knew something was wrong! I can tell you though, hospitals do not like you coming back a second time thru their ER department, after you have been admitted once! You kind of get the red carpet treatment! Haha. Oh well. Hopefully will be here only a few days. Kim