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When I bought this house, 10 years ago, I was in the middle of nowhere. I could get cable (TV, not internet) but it was awful, so I went the Dish route for my tv fix. I was barely within range to qualify for ISDN, so I went the dual-channel ISDN route for several years and told myself it was the price I paid for living in a quiet almost-country neighborhood surrounded by fields and trees.
Eventually, the aforementioned awful cable company started to offer broadband, which has been (thankfully) somewhat more reliable than their regular cable offerings, so I upgraded. Eventually I ditched the home phone entirely in favor of cell for phone and cable for internet (and still Dish for television).
Then the world discovered my little area and the building explosion started. Suddenly, I'm surrounded by high-density subdivisions, a 24-hour supermarket, and the street that's about 100 feet from my driveway is now four lanes plus turn lanes and bicycle paths.
Through all of this growth and "improvement", though, we've had the same old broadband provider (Can you say "oversold," boys and girls? Yes... yes, I thought you could...) and the same telco central switching office (remember the office for which I was "barely" in range for ISDN?). So the broadband access got slower and slower, and DSL still isn't available.
Last night about 9, my internet access disappeared. When it came back, it was sluggish. Intermittent at best, and when it's up at all, it's less than dial-up speed. I finally managed to contact tech support and found that they _know_ they have a problem "in Indiana" but "we have no ETA on when we'll have a resolution" (aka, "We don't know what in the heck is wrong.").
Naturally, I brought work home which requires VPN access to the office. Hah.
Oh well... at least the satellite works so I can watch Jericho and Criminal Minds. Nights like this remind me while I pay extra to have my internet and my television come from different providers...
Eventually, the aforementioned awful cable company started to offer broadband, which has been (thankfully) somewhat more reliable than their regular cable offerings, so I upgraded. Eventually I ditched the home phone entirely in favor of cell for phone and cable for internet (and still Dish for television).
Then the world discovered my little area and the building explosion started. Suddenly, I'm surrounded by high-density subdivisions, a 24-hour supermarket, and the street that's about 100 feet from my driveway is now four lanes plus turn lanes and bicycle paths.
Through all of this growth and "improvement", though, we've had the same old broadband provider (Can you say "oversold," boys and girls? Yes... yes, I thought you could...) and the same telco central switching office (remember the office for which I was "barely" in range for ISDN?). So the broadband access got slower and slower, and DSL still isn't available.
Last night about 9, my internet access disappeared. When it came back, it was sluggish. Intermittent at best, and when it's up at all, it's less than dial-up speed. I finally managed to contact tech support and found that they _know_ they have a problem "in Indiana" but "we have no ETA on when we'll have a resolution" (aka, "We don't know what in the heck is wrong.").
Naturally, I brought work home which requires VPN access to the office. Hah.
Oh well... at least the satellite works so I can watch Jericho and Criminal Minds. Nights like this remind me while I pay extra to have my internet and my television come from different providers...
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