Internet Pains
So, since Sunday I've seen brief disruptions in internet connectivity at home - enough to kick me off MUCKs or MMOs, though usually not lasting much longer than that. It was enough to get me to send a message in to my ISP. With that, I rolled in the observation that 1.5 Mbps really is getting to be a drag these days and (while I understand they're using phone network infrastructure they don't have direct control over) if faster service isn't available soon I might be looking at cable-provided internet instead.
I got a message back saying the disruptions were due to work on the land lines by the phone company meant to offer better service. Well, that's probably the best possible answer that could have come back, but it doesn't necessarily fix the immediate problem.
Stranger, though, I checked out the phone company website and, according to that, faster service is already available directly from them at my address. Hmm. Are they holding this back from secondary ISPs? I didn't think they were allowed to do that. Is the website in error? That's certainly possible, and I've seen it before.
So I have another inquiry in about it, but don't expect much more detail to be available. In an age where everything is online, companies are pushing digital distribution, and games are relying on active internet connections, there are still regions that have these problems. Heck, I know several people who, because they live farther from town than I do, don't have internet connections at all at home still because the service simply isn't available in any practical sense.
I got a message back saying the disruptions were due to work on the land lines by the phone company meant to offer better service. Well, that's probably the best possible answer that could have come back, but it doesn't necessarily fix the immediate problem.
Stranger, though, I checked out the phone company website and, according to that, faster service is already available directly from them at my address. Hmm. Are they holding this back from secondary ISPs? I didn't think they were allowed to do that. Is the website in error? That's certainly possible, and I've seen it before.
So I have another inquiry in about it, but don't expect much more detail to be available. In an age where everything is online, companies are pushing digital distribution, and games are relying on active internet connections, there are still regions that have these problems. Heck, I know several people who, because they live farther from town than I do, don't have internet connections at all at home still because the service simply isn't available in any practical sense.
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