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Joraiem
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States80 Posts
May 09 2012 02:46 GMT
#1
So as we all are aware of, the economy kind of sucks right now, and recently my parents have had to take care of my uncle who is recovering from a shattered shoulder. So they've been trying to cut back in costs, don't get me wrong they make my uncle pay for somethings, but it's still another person to take care of.

In their quest to pay less money for things we switched cable and internet providers. We went from having Bright House, to Wow. I didn't really see a difference, they said it cost less and we actually got a dvr for the basement t.v., on top of that the internet was running faster than ever.

Now for some unknown reason my parents decided to switch from Wow, to AT&T Uverse. Now first thing is, the t.v. guide confuses the hell out of me now, second thing is the internet is really, really fucking slow, to put it in perspective, I could have 12 tabs open with Wow and they could all be playing 1080p resolution videos. With AT&T, I'm buffering when playing one at 480p.

Now some people may be able to live with that, but my computer is like my wife, we have a torrid love afair me and her (Now...I don't want anyone one to get the wrong idea with that, what I mean is that lets say I've downloaded a new very cpu demanding game, if your secretly watching me, you will see me basiclly molest my computer to make sure it works, then fuck it more or less when it does actually work). Now I have this piece of shit internet provider that slows her down, needless to say I'm pretty pissed right now. I'm going to bitch to no end because while the price may be lower (by the way I don't think we switched because AT&T was cheeper, I think we switched mainly because my dad was getting pissed at Wow's dvr or some shit like that) we are getting a significantly lower quality service.

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Holy Zerg Rush Batman!
Jimmeh
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United Kingdom908 Posts
May 09 2012 02:51 GMT
#2
If you're not paying for it, you really have no right to complain.

Also, you talk about a CPU intensive program but whine about internet problems... what?
Diamond
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States10796 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-09 02:53:33
May 09 2012 02:52 GMT
#3
First world problems.......

I assume your parents pay for the internet? If so, be quiet & be happy what you have (I had 14.4k internet when I was 13 lol), OR pay for the internet/cable yourself.
Ballistix Gaming Global Gaming/Esports Marketing Manager - twitter.com/esvdiamond
AnachronisticAnarchy
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States2957 Posts
May 09 2012 02:53 GMT
#4
I have never once in my life been able to run even one 1080p video without extensive buffering, despite owning the best internet I can. 10 at once is almost incomprehensible. Someone must have fucked up my shit, somehow, somewhere.
"How are you?" "I am fine, because it is not normal to scream in pain."
iSometric
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
2221 Posts
May 09 2012 02:59 GMT
#5
Be glad you don't have netzero lolzors. I remember how I was happy when one webpage actually was displayed after like 10 minutes of loading.
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imanoobcs
Profile Joined January 2012
184 Posts
May 09 2012 03:00 GMT
#6
Purchase your own internet service......
run.at.me
Profile Joined December 2011
Australia550 Posts
May 09 2012 03:03 GMT
#7
Chip in the for better Internet ya slackass if u want better Internet negotiate with your parents how you can get it. I.e more chores/ make money/
I can't live with slow Internet its the worst
HardlyNever
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States1258 Posts
May 09 2012 03:28 GMT
#8
I have U-verse and it is the cheapest and most reliable ISP I've ever had (and I've had probably 6 or 7). The thing about it, though, is that you can get higher bandwidth (for more money, of course) if that is what you want. Your parents probably went with the lowest bandwidth option to save money. If you want more speed, chip in and pay for it, or better yet gtfo of your parents' house (I'm not sure how old you are though so maybe that isn't 100% appropriate).
Out there, the Kid learned to fend for himself. Learned to build. Learned to break.
Alpino
Profile Joined June 2011
Brazil4390 Posts
May 09 2012 03:50 GMT
#9
That's the world we live in, things tend to suck. Remember, talk-action = 0
20/11/2015 - never forget EE's Ember
iTzSnypah
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1738 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-09 04:07:07
May 09 2012 04:04 GMT
#10
I have 28k internet...and I live perfectly fine with it (perfectly as in I can play 1v1 sc2 and browse TL quickly, however Facebook never completely loads for me). Get on with life.

I also don't get the pay less get less thing. At my brothers apartment he pays $30 for 10mb internet. However he recieves 17mb during the day and I've seen it as high as 43mb at night. Living 100yards away from the tower doesn't' hurt either.
Team Liquid needs more Terrans.
kineSiS-
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Korea (South)1068 Posts
May 09 2012 04:05 GMT
#11
YOLO!

Haha.
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