Oh, I know all about bad internet. Before we moved away from dialup and Satellite service to cable operated IPs, i would try to send over a large file filled with photos and other graphics and text—our weekly multi-page newspapers—and inevitably, the call would drop in the middle of the upload, and take over an hour in the process. There were times where it did that two or three times. Normally, we were finishing the newspapers around 11 pm to 1 am in the morning, and then trying to send it over. We got tired of waiting around for it to go, so we would take off, go home, and come back to a message from the contact at the printer's that the file never came in. Sure enough, the upload had stopped and we'd start all over again.
Best day of our lives was when everything upgraded.
Is this happening at an internet cafe, or are you doing this from your own place? And is it a rural area or smaller town you're living in? I would think things would be a little better in the larger metropolitan areas.
It’s a very eco friendly country. Interesting things like multi level buildings without elevators. No natural gas or oil refineries. We stayed in one complex, it had 6 buildings, three had elevators, three didn’t. There isn’t any privatized energy companies out here, chew on that one for a minute. Everything is solar and wind generated, monopolized by the government and because of that, all of the rates are.. wait for it, wait for it, ”cheap!” Fascinating concept, right?
The point I’m trying to make is there isn’t any hard lines, everything is satellite, there’s Towers everywhere, they’re all over the place. There’s just two companies in this country that offer cell service so their WiFi is literally in every store. The entire country, us included, either has service everywhere we go or doesn’t have service and everything in between... everyone, at the same time.
Everyone has internet, it’s just only as reliable as the air and stars allow.
Here’s another one you’ll have a tough time wrapping your head around: the only thing open around here on Sundays in the bank. <— that’s not a typo. “The bank.” Merchants, food joints, even car dealerships are closed on Sundays here but not central banks. The entity controlling everyone’s worth is open 7 days a week—the way it should be. Another fascinating concept!
Funny you mention walking away from the house, leaving your computer to donita thing. I’ve been waiting to do my phone update until I lay down.. ‘this might take all night!’
My wife is from Mexico so I'm fairly familiar with the disadvantages when it comes to things like the internet. I'm not sure how much of the country is on wind or solar, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's going that way.
The utility companies may not be wholly owned by the government up here, but they might as well be. They are pretty heavily regulated, taxes and fees added on, and I'm sure there's got to be subsidies of some kind, too.
The government's only going to be able to supply it cheaply if someone else is paying taxes, or workers are being paid next to nothing, which generally isn't the case. So, whoever's footing the bill should be thanked.
You'd mentioned the banks before in a post, I believe. I find it interesting, but hey, from the standpoint of having access to funds all week long, it's good. You just won't have anywhere to spend it, until Monday, apparently. :)
I believe where my brother-in-law in California lives (Santa Ana) that the internet is all over the air. It's not the most efficient way to serve it up, but it costs less to throw up the towers than it does to lay the lines.
We've got Comcast for Internet. It's really the only option available to us because the telephone company decided not to include our little neck of the woods in it. Which is fine. Comcast is faster and therefore cheaper if you're using the internet regularly.
As it does for the actual sun to rise! But one thing you won’t read from me, sir, is a complaint—nope! If you ever see me complaining about having too much time, I’d question the author.. sounds like an imposter to me!