I wonder sometimes if I really need this obscene net speed…
Most of my usage is scouring the internet for new information, and I download little for the most part. Just a mass of wasted bandwidth that I am being charged far too much for… I had a Comcast repairman come past one day and he told me my line speed was unreal, especially considering how far I am from the street connection and the degradation of the line quality in the 30+ year old cabling on my domicile. I feel sometimes like I should just turn on the spigot in some way and waste some of the vast bandwidth at my fingers… If only I had some valuable and/or pro-social outlet for the tap.
Since my wife is looking for a job right now, I am becoming aware of the sad reality that my cable bill is about $150/month – $60-$65 of which is internet and web taxes, and I am using little of its potential. I could cut that significantly by switching to DSL, but they (the man) foist a phone line charge upon you and have questionable privacy practices… I just want the fucking internet connection, I don’t want to be subsidizing your dying, obsolete home phone service. It seems like the “deals” are like “internet for $10… with a $40 useless home phone line…”
It is rather sad that internet choices are dominated by two “choices” in most major metropolitan area. Either cable or phone-line based DSL. You can get service from other companies, but they are going to share your phone line or cause you to get new connections added with poor infrastructure. I can choose local cable internet service in the city in which I live, but it is losing money and has limited, expensive choices due to its competition to a multiple-billion dollar cable behemoth. The speeds are also far slower than the big guy (no 24 MB DL).
On the AT&T website, Allie, the internet question answerer, says you can get DSL without phone service, but when you check the webpage it says:
|
|
I am glad that I have such freedom of choice from Ma’ Bell…
(0)
