The Great One-Hour October Outage That Sent The Island Into a Spin

Gef’s heard the phrase: ‘when the Wi-Fi goes down, the world comes crashing to a halt’, but we never really believed it.

That is until yesterday’s ‘carnage’.

Manx Telecom had a few issues that saw the networks across the island not working properly for about an hour.

Kids were deprived of Peppa Pig on demand, people were forced to look out the window to see what the weather was doing, and Alexa’s fell deathly silent.

Users reported no network connection, no phone line, and absolutely no way to avoid the dreaded reality of a face-to-face interaction.

Gef’s taken a look at the best comments from the confused Manx masses who thought they were suddenly living in Cregneash in the 18th century.

‘I now have to speak to my wife, thanks Manx Telecom’

Ah, the age-old panic when technology betrays you. One man’s nightmare is another’s chance to reconnect – or run to the pub!

‘I can’t get onto Facebook’.

This gem came from a user who, ironically, was commenting on Facebook about not being able to get on Facebook.

‘My phone just said ‘No Service’ – are we stranded on a desert island?!’

Calm down mate, you’re not Robert Crusoe. While this is definitely tongue in cheek, it made us chuckle.

‘Has my Tesco delivery order gone through?’

Nobody knows Derek. Especially not Manx Telecom. But definitely panic.