Load shedding shuts down single mom's online teaching business after students quit over disruptions

WaxLyrical

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[XC] Oj101 said:
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Maybe she started this BECAUSE she can't find a job. Jobs are scarce these days. She's in the middle of nowhere, so her chances are even lower. It's easier to say "move" but do you think someone giving online English classes is has the (tens of) thousands needed to relocate?




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I started mine with R 200, so I disagree.


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See bottom comment, I'll merge my reply to this in there.




I'm lucky that fiber has stayed up for 5 days of no power, but what about all those whose fiber goes down after an hour or two? On the flip side, I'm also unlucky enough to be in an area that loses all cell signal within 10 minutes of the power going out, and during those ten minutes calls fail. Two years ago when we moved here that wasn't the case, but mobile operates seem to have stopped caring to replace tower batteries.

I checked Virginia (as a whole) on a few fiber providers' coverage maps and it's not covered, so I'm pretty sure that her issue is LTE going down.

She could have infinite backup power, but if internet goes down there's not much you can do. If fiber went down, while I DO have the ability to keep the ONT/network/PC running for literally weeks (not for free) via the UPS, battery modules and generator, there's literally nothing I'd be able to do about it other than work elsewhere for the duration (I DO have the ability to travel to family in other surrounding areas).

The replies in this thread show how cut-off many people are from the way the majority lives.
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There was time when we only had ADSL and constant disruptions. If you have fibre or LTE consider yourself fortunate
 
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surface said:
All these sub-1k mini-ups are like lottery. I returned 2 to geewiz recently but I have one that worked fine since last year.
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Yeah the one I got a few years back works like a charm, but one I did buy last year didn't, friends bought some that have also been working like charms.
 
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Sensorei said:
Our failures are always someone else's fault and responsibility in South Africa. We're all in the same boat. You can get a very cheap UPS backup solution for a router and to top up laptop battery life. Adapt or be poor.
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No matter how you spin this, it's still Eskom's fault.
 
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All she needs to do is move close to a critical hospital...

Government in talks to exempt critical hospitals from load shedding

Government in talks to exempt critical hospitals from load shedding Health minister Joe Phaahla is expected to outline a comprehensive report this week on the impact of load shedding and measures to be taken by health facilities as the country moves to higher stages of power cuts.
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A decent car battery a 12v charger a 1kw inverter. Half a dozen sim cards or fibre. And it all stays online. So at about 2500 rand it will work.
If one network goes down try the next one and the next one. If all goes down well thank the government you voted for.
 
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She does have legs no?

Get up and go to the nearest place with power and Internet if not using your own mobile data.

I see many people doing this everyday, head to coffee shops or malls during loadshedding

Or go to the nearest friend with power and work from there

Kak verskonings die mens.
 
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Flanders said:
I know someone doing the international english teaching thing and this is exactly the problem they face as LTE is the only option at present.

Everyone feels the pain and especially those who work for themselves. You can be backed up to the hilt but if your internet goes down regardless then what does it help?

I'm fortunate in that (for now) my fibre connection behaves itself during load shedding s I'd be truly fscked if that were not the case.
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This is the number one reason why I'm looking to live elsewhere on the globe. I can provide more than enough energy for myself. What I can't do is keep the internet running. Without internet I would fail to be a productive member of society and would be unable to look after myself or my family.
 
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ArmatageShanks said:
She does have legs no?

Get up and go to the nearest place with power and Internet if not using your own mobile data.

I see many people doing this everyday, head to coffee shops or malls during loadshedding

Or go to the nearest friend with power and work from there

Kak verskonings die mens.
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The whole town gets loadshedded. The closest is Welkom, which is about 20km away.
 
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