Seven Hundred Sixty Eight Kilobytes of Heaven
08:02, September 27th, 2007 by gfuss | Posted in Gabbing Gfuss, opinion, techThat’s right. After what seems like a century (but more like 12 months) of dial-up, $8.95 per month Interweb access, I have made the move. I’m serious. Really. I have ADSL. (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line). Embarq removed the tap on the line today (as DSL is on every line already, they just need to remove the filter) and it was live. Am I sad I chose the cheapest plan and speed? Heavens no!! When you are already paying ~$30/month for a POTS line, what’s an add’l $20/month for screaming Interwebs?? To answer your question, it is an add’l $20/month!!!
Now my family is just waiting for me to break down and get something more than our ‘Farmer Five’ (which means I only get the ‘free’ T.V. channels - a.k.a ‘over the air’ - a.k.a. ‘Farmer Five’). I used to have cable. And high speed Internet over cable. Then I said, “I don’t want to be one of those people that complains about not being able to pay his or her bills but has bills for services/items that are not NEEDED.” So I got rid of cable and high speed Interwebs.
Of course, if I didn’t have one of those new fan-dangled cellular phones from my employer, I wouldn’t have one at all. Of course, I’m still using 802.11b.
Of course I love technology. I’m just not the typical ‘have to have it’ consumer. Amen ( to ADSL, of course ).