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Alrighty here, time to go through this blog one round at a time.
So as some of you might know, my parents have the slowest internet physically possible, excluding dialup. It's one of the shitty DSL connections. It's so slow I can't even watch most livestreams, including day9. I can't buffer 360p video. Watching a youtube video makes any sort of online game unplayable. Torrenting makes the web inaccessible. Steam gets confused about download times, etc etc.
![[image loading]](http://www.speedtest.net/result/1085654006.png)
The piece of shit itself
My parents are always complaining about the internet, but don't want to do anything about it. I showed them http://speedtest.net/global.php#0 which obviously shows, INTERNET IN AFRICA IS FASTER THAN OURS. They were like ok, whatever, that sucks, but it's too expensive.
I talked to a Teletubby who informed me about triple and double plays. My parents easily shot this down, informing me we pay 21/month for internet, like 7 a month for phone, and 12 a month for cable rofl.
So then I looked at cable internet only, so I looked at the cheapest decent comcast, which is 43/month after the promotional period. Sure, damn expensive for 6/2, but it doesn't suck.
But one of the problems is in my area they only have AT&T and Comcast. Verizon is offered in the new part of town, which is like 30/month for 6/2, but it's not offered where we are. The government is letting there be a sorto f price fixing oligopolyist thing going on. Not sure waht to do. I have an absurd amount of money in the bank, but I"m not sure if I should spend 400/year for decent internet :/
In other news after having a breakdown last week I went to the library, talked to two awesome friends who helped me a lot, and one of them is an undisclosed tl member, so thanks  My dad actually walked in on us, and deathstared, but I basically told him to fuck off and he left. He then told my mom I was with two guys, even though one of them is a fairly er, well developed girl lol.
And in bad news I think I may have depression. I'm no longer really hungry ever, I keep on being very tired even on a lot of sleep, and christmas came and went, and it felt like a regular day. Everything is routine. I wake up, get yelled at, study, do some stuff on teh computer, talk to friends, sleep, rinse, wash, repeat.
I probably ought to go to a therapist, but I'm not sure how to go about it. :/
  
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How did your dad find you :O?
I think talking to friends is really good for people in general, but don't even think about doing something drastic in your depression without stopping and thinking and letting us know so we can help >///<
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yupyup
Don't know.
How are you posting so much? lol
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Mostly live report thread spamming, I think. I've been spending an obscene amount of time on TL because I'm so bored and have nothing to do :/
Don't let me detract from your blog though!
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Sweden414 Posts
Regarding the depression: If that's considered "depressed", then I've been heavily depressed for the past 10 years or so. Feeling detached from everything, the world around you being surreal and uninspiring...
Can't give you any advice regarding how to break the habit. Please hook me up with advices if you come across anything.
/Obbe, 24, sweden.
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This is what we currently have. So we're in the same boat. Have you tried haggling ATT for a better speed/price? Basically, calling up and telling them you're dropping the service, they then might offer incentives to stay.
Also, are you sure your area is only serviced by ATT and Comcast? Have you tried what Earthlink offers?
I know their customer service aka people in India is atrocious, but they sometimes offer good speeds for the price.
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Yeah. talked to at&t. They basically said up yours lol
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Earthlink isn't really much better. :/
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On December 27 2010 06:27 Froadac wrote:
Earthlink isn't really much better. :/
http://www.earthlink.net/access/
Put in your telephone number, address, and area code.
They are offering people in my area 6.0 Mbps for $19.99( 3 months) and $40 after.
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On December 27 2010 06:50 krndandaman wrote:wow.. sucks that you only have comcast and atnt as options here verizon and optimum online are most popular, and both are not too bad of price for its value imo. also about this: Show nested quote +And in bad news I think I may have depression. I'm no longer really hungry ever, I keep on being very tired even on a lot of sleep, and christmas came and went, and it felt like a regular day. Everything is routine. I wake up, get yelled at, study, do some stuff on teh computer, talk to friends, sleep, rinse, wash, repeat. I used to be like this but if you don't get out of this cycle you're gonna stay feeling depressed. Look at your daily activities, none of them require much physical activity. The less you move, the less food you'll need (less hunger) as you're expending no energy. Go out and meet your friends face to face and hang out, play some sports, just go out and do some physical activities. I just came home for the christmas break and I haven't moved much at all. My parents moved to a new place where I don't know people so I mainly stayed home on the comp and did some homework/study. I feel like shit at the moment. I need to start moving around and doing some physical activities. I don't feel hungry at all. I actually want to go back to my dorm to start getting back into my usual cycle. trust me on this. also, don't tell your dad to fuck off. you'll regret it and it only fuels anger between you two.
No. I told him that I was talking to friends, and I would appreciate privacy. In other terms, to get away
I have been jogging everyday, play recreational soccer, and when I talk to friends it's generally face to face.
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man i dont even get dsl in the area i live in.
you should stop complaining.
i would love dsl.
man up.
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On December 27 2010 07:48 Coagulation wrote:
man i dont even get dsl in the area i live in.
you should stop complaining.
i would love dsl.
man up.
Where are you?
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I was stuck with AT&T in Cupertino which is really sad since the Bay Area is full of rich people and tech companies yet it has such terrible internet :/
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I demand an apology from OP
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Meh, dialup is ok.
If you really want torrents, tell your friends to do it for you.
P.S. Your dad sounds tight.
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Why don't you just pay the difference? Doesn't change anything for them and it's 22$/m for you.
Sucks about internet prices being high in your area though.
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On December 27 2010 08:13 Coagulation wrote:I demand an apology from OP
I'm sorry you live in the wilderness of michigan, and that I would imply that internet that is under 10th percentile is shitty
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EPT
