And I pay way too much for DSL Internet Service. Earthlink is just baaaaad. BAD!
So no DSL service due to a broken modem has finally pushed me over the edge to find a better and cheaper service elsewhere. I can't stand not having high speed internet connection!
I’m looking into SBC Global Yahoo service. There’s a 1.5 mbps and 3.0 mbps service. Can I benefit from 3.0 Mbps service for more money? $14.95 a month for the first year for 1.5 Mbps and $24.95 a month for the first year for the 3.0 Mbps service. Free modems! I'm not sure which one is more appropriate and if I'll 'feel' the difference between the two speeds.
Any suggestions would be nice.
Quote of the day:
"If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative." Woody AllenWhich reminds me… I need to fail more. I miss college. ;)
Yesterday, Wednesday, da wife and I took a day off. Well, she had a day off, I had to take one.
We took our annual passes to Universal Studios where free parking is already worth the price of an annual pass. Imagine, $10 for parking. And they have the nerve to put a sign up that says, “For only $7 more you can have preferred parking.” $17 to park at Universal Studios or City Walk. That’s just ridiculous. It’s the main reason we stay away from there.
We arrived at the park around 9:30 PM and immediately took the eighty or so esculators you need to take in order to get to the lower level of the park where the Jurassic Park ride is. There was NO line so we got on right away and waited excitedly for the drop.
Donna screamed her head off as we plunged into the water. It was not what I remembered. Kinda boring, kinda slow, and not very wet. So I suggested we get on it again.
Again, no line and this time I scooted her to the front of the boat.
And for some reason, there was more water ‘turned on’. Water poured on us during sections of the ride, water squirted at us and the fog made it hard to see dinosaurs that would eventually pop out of the water to scare us.
Then the drop came. And boy, did we free fall into a soaking. We got drenched! It was awesome! Donna didn’t think we would get that wet but we did.
Then we went into The Mummy Ride which was a short, pleasant surprise. I’ve never been on it and it was very fast. Liked it, but it was way too short.
And mothers and fathers, please make sure your kid could handle ‘scary’ rides like this. A poor little girl was balling behind us. She must have been 7 or 8 years old. Just because she’s tall enough for the ride doesn’t mean she could handle it.
We then took the Universal Studios Hollywood Tour. That’s 45-55 minutes of my life I will never get back. I hate that tour for two reasons. One – it’s boring. And two – it is frustrating being inside a studio and seeing the offices and bungalows where I want to work. Someday, one of those parking spaces will be mine!
At 12:15 PM we got out of the park and ate at Cafe Tu Tu Tango. We’ve heard really good things about this place. It was okay. Not that great. But definitely okay. The beer was awesome as I treated myself to a nice cold glass of Red Hook. I haven’t been drinking much lately and boy, did that beer taste good!!!
Then we left Universal City and found a Uniform store where Donna purchased several pairs of scrubs for work.
Back home, around 2:00, we took a nap which capped off a 96 degree summer day off.
1 comment:
Hahahaha! a 3MB DSL service HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Okay, let me explain the dirty little secret of the DSL providers. DSL is distance dependant. What that means is that the further you are away from the Central Office (CO: the place where all the networking equipment is located) the slower your service will be. It makes no difference what your connection's "potential" is, the actual connection speed is determined by your physical distance from the CO. In other words, you can order the 3MB service and only get 1MB in actual performance.
Most cable modem providers can guarantee a 3MB service because they use different technology. For example, Charter Cable has run a fiber-optic network through-out the entire city of Glendale. Local loops only have 5-10 connections and then your into the fiber. This setup enables them to guarantee service level performance.
Oh, okay, back to your question. A 3MB service would be better because you could download data faster to your home network. But, because DSL providers cannot guarantee performance it doesn't really make sense to spend $10 more a month for something you probably WILL NOT get. I would recommend the $14.95 service.
~elm
PS: If you speak to a Yahoo! sales rep and he says that they can guarantee 3MB... he's lying. :)
PSS: It is possible to get 3MB from a DSL provider... but it is very VERY unlikely. I do have an example of someone who has DSL and get 5MB. The Carter Report (http://www.cartereport.org) has DSL and get a business line at 5MB. They are only 1,000 feet from the CO.
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