rainy

My heart in a knot
2015-11-03 18:33:52 (UTC)

Connected!

First off let me start off by saying how difficult it can be to live in our current society without an Internet connection.


For a while I thought I could do it, and I didn't think I needed it, but then I realized as I was sitting in the library dirty and hungry that the Internet is the reason why I have so much that I have today. For example, I found my current car online, I also found my jobs online, I did a majority of my class work online as well as found ample amount of study material online.

What I'm trying to say is that although it is possible to live without the internet, it can be very difficult and even at a disadvantage. Plus as I started working later and later things got very difficult with going to the library, one night I was already tired from work but I needed to check my email so I had to go to the library, but when I arrived I discovered that they were closing in 12 minutes. That's not even the worst of it, there was a guy sitting near me at one of the computers and the entire time he was there coughing up stuff and spitting it into a piece of paper as well as farting the entire time! I cannot make this stuff up. I'm not saying that happens often, but every once in a while I go to the library and something like that will happen and it will make me wish I didn't need to rely on the library so much.


So of course me being me and having a little money in my pocket from working I decided to get a Internet connection. But I did run into some problems:


ok.. so my sister originally is the one who started the account for our house, she started it mostly because she wanted to do online gaming with her friends. In the beginning she and I had an argument about this because the Internet pricing she wanted was very expensive per month (I think around $50 a month) and that was way out of my budget because she wanted to split it. I wanted the basic Internet (which at the time was around $12 or so per month) but she wanted the fast speeds for her online gaming. Anyway we argued about it but she decided that she needed the fastest speed anyway.

Well, fast forward to right now and here's the issue: For a few months she hasn't been paying the bill, and I'm not just talking about the months that she moved out, I'm talking about before that when she lived here. Well apparently she owes them a lot of money and I doubt she will pay them, but the issue is that this causes a problem for me.


You see when I tried to go sign up for service they told me that I couldn't because of my sisters unpaid bill. That was very disappointing news because I was going to sign up for the cheapest plan they have for $15 a month, for a while I thought I was going to be doomed to the library until I can find a better job with more stable income. But I decided to put my research skills to the test and found a new connection.


I can't really say much about this set up because it's my first day using it, it's similar to the original set up I had when we first moved into this house expect this service is supposed to be unlimited, however that has yet to be seen. It cost me $20 a month and I have "high speeds" until a certain point and then it will reduce to very low speeds. This is what I'm waiting to see, how fast or how slow it will actually be. I try not to download or upload any heavy files, I also download videos to watch at the library instead of using my slow connection.


Honestly I'm just happy to have a connection at all, I wasn't able to come and write about all the stress I was having at trying to start a Internet plan, I didn't know about my sisters past due bill until they told me why I couldn't get service, I'm still waiting on them to refund my payment to start service so they are not out of my hair yet.


Anyway, I will be evaluating how well (or bad) this current set up I have is going, I'll know in a few weeks or so, which is good enough because that will give me enough time to still return it if I don't like it.


Since I've been away I've been mostly working and trying to straighten things out with my education plans. This job I'm working is still stressful and it seems to only get worst. I'd go into more details right now but I'm still real tired from yesterdays workday so I think I'm going to go to sleep..


I'm just really happy I was finally able to come and write though, there is a lot I need to write about in the coming weeks.





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