I don't think the devil is the least bit interested in my soul, it's much too boring. Gary's is no better.
No one seems to believe me when I say that there really IS no high speed net service here. Like about 35% of US residences, it simply is not available for any price. Well, I suppose if you paid AT&T the full cost of running T-1 here from somewhere and then committed to their monthly charge of $700 or so, you could get it. It would take several months to get it installed and the installation would run many thousands. There is no DSL here. They have no plans to upgrade the lines so they could provide it. There is no line of site on satellite or terrestrial broadband from a local provider. There is no cable television line. You can have dialup or you can pay a cell phone company for an unreliable service (again, no good line of sight, so service is flaky and weak) at their exhorbitant rate.
Your typical user of online games, music and video downloads would run up monthly charges of $1200 and up at the cell phone rate. I wouldn't even pay that on a mortgage, certainly not just for internet access.
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Date: 2010-01-12 09:09 pm (UTC)No one seems to believe me when I say that there really IS no high speed net service here. Like about 35% of US residences, it simply is not available for any price. Well, I suppose if you paid AT&T the full cost of running T-1 here from somewhere and then committed to their monthly charge of $700 or so, you could get it. It would take several months to get it installed and the installation would run many thousands. There is no DSL here. They have no plans to upgrade the lines so they could provide it. There is no line of site on satellite or terrestrial broadband from a local provider. There is no cable television line. You can have dialup or you can pay a cell phone company for an unreliable service (again, no good line of sight, so service is flaky and weak) at their exhorbitant rate.
Your typical user of online games, music and video downloads would run up monthly charges of $1200 and up at the cell phone rate. I wouldn't even pay that on a mortgage, certainly not just for internet access.