FIOS cables are up in the neighborhood, but they have been for 2 months. No word on when this might be available. Meanwhile, my Verizon yearly DSL contract is up and my rates are going up $5/month on a month-to-month basis.
OK, no big deal, $60/yr. while I wait. The thing is, I don't trust Verizon. Well and my only other options are Direct TV satellite Internet at some outrages price (I have D-TV now for TV), or Charter Cable, which has the worst reviews on the planet.
Now, I was doing OK for most of the last year on my 768KB low buck DSL plan. But, things are so slow now I might as well be on dial up. I even abandoned my wirelless connection and I've done several "tune ups" to make sure the computer doesn't have any problems. For instance, if I hit my own profile button here at Pelican> 30 seconds to load. Verizon home page> 30 or more. DirectTV, well I can't even connect, I just get a time out. The one exception that I note every day is Google. Right there in an instant and most searches take 5 seconds or less. Links vary, but most are pretty fast.
I don't want to wait any longer for Pelican or any other slow site. The Early S Registry fires right back faster than Pelican ever has. What do I need, a freakin' T-!??
The dilemma : Wait and see when this FIOS thing gets up and running and put all the marbles in that basket (TV channels, phones, the works), or what? I didn't spend all this money for a new computer just to sit here and be able to make a sandwich while pages load and be back in time to watch the final data appear.
I've been at other people's houses and businesses and they get pages fully loaded in a blink of an eye. That's my style!
Addendum: The only reason I have 768 is that a year ago I was on Win98, 256 RAM and some kind of Neanderthal processor that was probably made by Bomar.
