New Plan!

Build a better internet!

Okay, the internet is fine, but the connection options for people who live away from populations hubs are failing those people. To get anything beyond dial-up, we have to pay an inordinate amount of our income. Dial-up is not working for us because not only is it slow if everything else works perfectly, but our phone lines tend to have static and head-ache inducing hums that also foul up the computer trying to have a chat with the world wide web. Is it really too much to ask to be able to talk to mom with out having to take medication afterwards?

It took me 30 minutes to turn in my assignment at my online college last night. The research took several hours and should only have taken about 30 minutes, and writing it took 15 minutes. By my math, I wasted just short of four hours by having a poor connection.

I think I am going to have to spend more time at the library which is just going to be great fun since the librarians at the Jefferson-Madison Regional Libraries seem to regard my occasional muttering to myself as speaking to someone via a cell phone or internet connection. I find it odd that speaking in a voice that is at least as soft as a whisper has them hushing me, but I can talk to someone across the room and it does not bother them in the slightest. The atmosphere at Pamunkey Regional Libraries seems to be much more conducive to the living breathing humans who are library patrons. The librarians at the second system also seem to be proactive and eager to offer assistance when needed.

Other fast internet options usually involve buying food somewhere, which does offer more available research hours, but is less cost effective. Aside from the actual food purchase, there is also the cost of travelling to these places and how long can I justify camping out in the back booth at Panera even if it is not crowded?