Well...at least it's faster than dial up.

Yeah right.  That's my favorite one.  People that get frustrated with their slow @ss internet around here like to comfort themselves by saying this.  Another one of my favorites is how the package you choose is sold as "up to" whatever speed you think you need.

Everyone and their mothers are just getting off of work, going home, and firing up the old computers.  Which means everyone and their mothers are heading straight for the net.  Which in turn means that you have to click on whatever page you're loading, then go prepare your dinner while it's loading up.  You click on something else and then go eat while your new page is loading.  Sound familiar?  I thought so.

Our neighbors in the big cities pretty much have speeds that begin at 1 megabit per second on up to 10+ megabits per second.  Talk about heaven.  The possibilities with such blazing speeds.  Back to us- they can't stop at charging insane rates- they have to rub our noses in their yellow puddle by stripping our wallets if we decide to download a couple of songs and go over our skimpy limits.  Ever went over your meager download limit?  Hmmph. 

Go to Speedtest.net, click on begin test, wait for it to finish, and come back to let me know who your internet service provider is and what your blazing speed is. Remember 500 kilobits = .5 megabits, 200 kilobits = .2 megabits, you get the point. I had some trouble posting my own comment a while back- I had to allow third party cookies long enough to make my comment.  (Just clean em out when you're done)