So back in the states, you just sign up with Time Warner, AT&T, SBC or whoever. Then no worries. So fairly similar with that here except instead of sending somebody out they just mail you the modem. Then after about a week, the lights suddenly start blinking and then you have internet access. We had some initial problems with our with insane packet loss so we were having to refresh whatever page we wanted to get to multiple times before it finally pulls up and it was sooooo slow. Anthony calls them and he goes through all their troubleshooting steps then tells him that it's a problem with the modem and gave him the manufacturers telephone number. That's like Time Warner telling you to call Scientific Atlanta or whomever is the manufacturer of the cable box if you were having problem with your cable TV. And of course when Anthony calls, they're only open Monday through Friday and it was Saturday at the time. Oh well, fortunately the internet speed suddenly was up and running just fine.
Okay, so nothing too out of the ordinary there EXCEPT there's a monthly usage limit! Yes, there's no unlimited internet access here. And they have peak and off peak time. Broken down as such:
Consists of peak (8am-2:30am) and off peak (2:30am-8am) monthly usage quota. Speed will be shaped to 64k/64k for the period in which the monthly usage quota has been exceeded (peak and/or off peak).
Off peak is only 5.5 hours!!
And we're on the 40 GB on and 40 GB off peak. You don't realize how dependent we were on unlimited internet access. We thought nothing of it back in the states. We'd download all sorts of junk whenever or stream music and leave it running even if we walked away. And now....I'm afraid to even leave my browser open in case the website refresh and start downloading stuff or something tries to connect to the internet to update! The package we're on is near the middle in terms of usage limit and cost. They range from 10 GB for $29.99 up to 120 GB for $129.99. Yes, UP TO 120 GB, there isn't anything higher unless you're ready to pay some ridiculous amount for it.
Oh no! There's a browser tab refreshing! I better close it!
- julie
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