It's like losing a family member, haha

I can't even remember what it feels like to live without the urge to constantly check what's going on online...

I guess that means I could certainly need a few weeks of holidays completely offline :P

<p>I know how you are feeling man, my internet was down for a week last month and it was agony. I had to get a new connection because they could not figure out what was wrong.</p>

Apparently Google is now a part of our ether.

Perspective can help us appreciate life more to see how lucky and how much we get and can get through hard work and through luck and through time and everything. I had no internet for the first fifteen or more years of my life. Was born 1985 in Oregon. Didn't use internet a lot until college. And we get used to it like a drug. Facebook becomes an addiction.

Sometimes, you may be connected to local access to some sites depending on the countries and the internet providers and the details of the cables and who knows where they all go. I'm an American in Vietnam and they sometimes have problems where websites from the USA will come to me slower or not at all. Some told me that USA websites, or the servers where they are physically stored assuming they're not block chained and crypto and stuff, that the USA websites have to maybe travel through Pacific cables to get to me in Vietnam.
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They say sharks bite on the internet wires in the ocean and that can disconnect Vietnam from servers in the USA and places over there. So, it depends on where the websites are stored and saved and it depends on how your computer gets to the websites and everything. In other words, I don't know. But I think I have had the same problems and it drives me insane when I run into computer chaos.

I suggest doing the tests by yourself and find out what's wrong.
from what I've read it's most likely a software problem. the test you can perform is:
connect a PC / laptop to your modem if you don't have one already (preferably with the cable)
open console (type cmd then enter in start menu) if you use windows
type: **ping 4.2.2.4**
and see of you receive replies from it
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those mean you are connected to internet, getting replies from sun java company in NY and the problem is rooted in your OS/software.
It can be a range of things including changed browser or network settings to viruses and Trojans.
your internet company should've brought their own laptop and test this already.
hit me back with the result and I'll try to troubleshoot the problem. it's as easy as listing the possible causes and do a test to see if it's true.

yikes, wow that sounds intensely frustrating! It's great to have the perspective of your blessings as you do, but it doesn't change the reality that this makes no sense at all. I'm going to use my magic mysticism to help you from a distance ;-), I've been known to make the impossible possible and fingers crossed that it helps.

Hiya @cryptogee, any solution to your problem yet ?

I've googled around, and it looks like this has happened to quite a few people in the past few years.

I'd say the most likely cause isn't god, but a hacker with an ego big enough to think he's god XS

As much completely malicious malware as exists, there are often also "evil joke" malware whose sole purpose is messing with you.

https://www.google.fr/search?q=internet+down+except+on+google+chrome&oq=internet+down+except+on+google+chrome&aqs=chrome..69i57.5304j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Most of the threads recommend getting a Malware scanner like Malwarebytes and going through your system, or checking what kind of DNS settings your computer has.

I was wondering, is it a laptop or a stationary ?

I'm guessing since you didn't mention testing the computer itself on other networks it's probably stationary.


Here's the main solutions I could find on a short Google run:

>Brad D
>Jalapeno
>Best Answer
>Brad D Dec 10, 2012 at 6:22 PM 
>I think it is probably a DNS problem. Your hotspot program probably uses a >different DNS server, which allows it to connect to the other websites.
>
>To confirm if the problem is with DNS, open a command prompt and enter >nslookup google.com. Do you get a list of IP addresses, or do you get a message >saying "can't find google.com"? Also try another web site, in case your >computer has cached the DNS information for google. If you get a list of IP >addresses, then your DNS is working. If not, you need to check your DNS >settings.
>
>As Jono said, check that your laptop is set to get its IP address and DNS server >automatically from DHCP. Then check that your Netgear router is getting its DNS >server from your ISP.

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>you want to look for malware with something like malwarebytes but if you can >not get the internet it is going to be tough.
>
>Try to ping some of the other sites from a command prompt. Some sites do not >respond but the main thing is that is looks the site up. You can also try the >nslookup command see what you get for 
>nslookup tomshardware.com
>then try
>nslookup tomshardware.com 8.8.8.8
>
>The second is using google dns.
>
>If these have trouble I would be looking for firewall rules blocking you or >maybe some bad stuff in the host file. You can just delete the host file exactly >where it is kept varies a bit on windows release but it is just a file called hosts >generally in the main system path in a directory that has a name etc.
>
>If the DNS resolves correctly then I would be checking browser >settings...maybe proxy or something.


Hope that helps.

PS: I'm pretty sure only Kim Jong Un and a *very* small number of elites actually has internet in North Korea. I think the rest of the populace at most has access to an intranet, or otherwise has nothing. So "joy" ! you're still better off than the common NK citizen

... scratch that, here's wikipedia's take... I hadn't realized their mentality was even allowed to evolve in NK:

>Permission to access the Internet remains tightly restricted. However, the IT industry has been growing and Internet access is gradually increasing within North Korea. In October 2010, the website of the Korean Central News Agency went live from a web server hosted in North Korea. It is accessible globally on a North Korean IP address, marking the country's first known direct connection to the Internet.[10]

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@cryptogee --- you've been given a chance for self-improvement many of us internet addicts don't usually have thrust upon us. Have you tried any meditation before? Nothing better than being productive on what you can control away from the internet and when it comes back to you, be even more efficient and focused. You'll get through this, I believe in you! Cheers, Jon.