Wow, two broadband updates in one day.
LOLO is back up, and Telstra have processed the line changes, so the line now shows as theirs, and not on iPrimus ULL. Brilliant.
The service at the old place is less than six months old, so an ETF (Early Termination Fee) will apply if I relocate it.
Not wanting to waste any more time, my ii-Contact suggested starting a new broadband service at the new EvilHouse, and waiting out the few days with the old service, then cancelling, so the ETF won’t be charged.
New service has been applied for, but connection date/time is currently unknown.
Time to update the broadband router with the temporary username/password for the new service.
There are no words to express how happy this makes me. 3G internet has been the word internet experience of my life.
Even the days of the 2400 baud modem were more pleasant.
While the speeds were slow, there was barely anything to transfer.
Today’s internet is a different place entirely. HUGE data caps that get blown in just a few days, because the amount of stuff to do on the net these days is so much more data-intensive.
People talk about downloading “Linux ISOs”, and other such things.
Has anyone tried playing SecondLife? This monster can easily suck down more than a gigabyte of data in a few hours, depending on what you do.
Then there’s ABC’s iView, youtube, streaming radio stations.
Take a typical Monday night. WauloK and I sitting on the couch, streaming Audio from Tech Talk Radio while we’re also streaming video from the cameras in the studio.
Two different types of streaming at once, and then I (or both of us) log in to SecondLife.
When we are graced by ADSL once more, this will be our reality.
3G can’t even handle one SL session, or one video streaming session. We’re currently operating of off two 3G USB connections just to listen to the show, and sit in the text-only chat-room.
hang in there – the end is near.. or maybe a new beginning!!