(and if all my friends and family actually knew about my Skype number…) That would have solved the problem, as long as I stayed on my Wi-Fi tether. I was so proud to acquire it a couple years back, but the reality is I’ve rarely used it. The irony here is I had forgotten all about my online Skype number for my iPhone’s Skype app.
So now people could Skype me, but I was still concerned I couldn’t receive an old-fashioned phone call. (First, we needed to reboot the frozen box, downed by a recent power outage.) Yes, at least there was Wi-Fi in the house. We were not entirely in the digital dark! I spotted the broadband modem in the kitchen. There wasn’t a morsel of a signal bar on my phone as I walked around the entire house, grounds and deck. When we arrived, I whipped out my iPhone and discovered the truth. That sounded decidedly like code for a different answer… “You can probably get one or two bars on the back deck.” (Granted, it was a little late in the game to be asking.) Until I asked the day before we left if there was decent cell phone coverage at the house. Time set aside for a little R&R at a little lake in Great Barrington, MA.A babbling brook nearby (okay… it was more like a roaring river).A little log cabin in the woods (with ‘most’ of the comforts of home).It was billed as the perfect vacation getaway… Like what to do when you find yourself more disconnected than you originally planned… All that’s left are the fun memories, a thousand photos that need organizing and a few cautionary tech tales. This past week, I’ve been adjusting to the sad reality that summer is behind us. And even though you’re trying to get away from it all, you probably still want to receive that important phone call… Just because you’re on vacation doesn’t mean your smartphone is.
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