3G Where Are You

After really poor connectivity with Virgin Broadband from Sat. night until now, I finally got a hold of their tech support and found out they’ve had a local outage since Sat. night and 3G browsing has been blocked until Tuesday at approximately 6:30 PM. It’s a good thing I don’t have any business deadlines right now that require Internet usage. So I’m back on dial-up until then.

Slow Internet Connections

I'm hassling with my Internet connection again. I couldn't take the dial-up anymore so I got Virgin Broadband yesterday. It's also slow. I can get no better than a low or good signal. I called to ask how to fix that and she recommended buying an antenna to boost the signal. So I browsed the Radio Shack website and their antennas are about $200-$300 range. I think it's ridiculous to pay $55 for the service per month to begin with, for limited data so I'm not going to be buying a $200 antenna. But I'll go ask someone at the store how much the exact one I need would be, just to be sure. So I called Verizon once again to ask them if DSL was available at my home yet. Still no. She said all they had was Direct TV. Our next door neighbors have DSL, but Verizon said there are no new ports available so we are S.O.L. Ugh. That's how my day is going. I just want fast unlimited Internet service that doesn't cost an arm and a leg like I had in Anaheim. Why is that so hard to find?

Broadband 2 Go

Life is about taking risks. And in an effort to step out of my comfort zone I've just ordered Broadband Wi-fi from Virgin. I just hope it works. Anything has got to be better than the dial-up connection I'm stuck with now. And hopefully my income will increase as soon as I have a better Internet connection. I can start posting regular tutorials again and continue writing for Hubpages and Squidoo. And I will save time by not having to spend 6 hours a week at the library waiting for a turn on their computers. I practically feel like I live here. The best Virgin can do is 3G. The newer 4G isn't enabled in Lucerne Valley (big surprise there).