This occurs when your preferred DNS server stops responding, or is no longer available, presumably due to your router.
When you already have a connection with another server/computer during this event, it is called "phantom internet", or internet remaining that might soon fade away due to packet loss or new requests, since new requests (usually) attempt to resolve a hostname from the unavailable DNS. Similar to phantom pain.
When you already have a connection with another server/computer during this event, it is called "phantom internet", or internet remaining that might soon fade away due to packet loss or new requests, since new requests (usually) attempt to resolve a hostname from the unavailable DNS. Similar to phantom pain.
Person 1: My internet had an outage last night.
Person 2: Ah, that sucks.
Person 1: Luckily I had some phantom internet to finish my ongoing match!
Person 2: Ah, that sucks.
Person 1: Luckily I had some phantom internet to finish my ongoing match!
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While waiting for a text from her lover, she experience phantom phone pain at least every 90 seconds.
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