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Thursday, January 04, 2007
When last we spoke I was huddled in the fetal position under my mom's desk, suffering from severe broadband withdrawal. Not a pretty sight and also, there is no such thing as internet methadone, so think twice about landing yourself anywhere close to a dialup-only zone--especially if you're gonna be there a while. Don't say I didn't warn you.
My long suffering mother lives in the vicinity of secret underground militia, Sasquatch tribes and--I kid you not--Tonya Harding, so not only are there no fast and/or reliable internets, you also run the risk of encountering unexpected and painful knee injuries whilst out caroling at the neighbors.
Thank the sweet baby Jesus, my brother lives somewhat closer to civilization and has DSL at the ready. After we set him up the wireless router, all our base were just fine. When we tried the VoipStick experiment at his house, everything worked beautifully. I called his cell and holy moley--I did not know a call could sound so clear. Voip or no voip, that was the best sounding call I've ever made. I can't wait for broadband to work it's way into the back of beyond where my mom is living so she can start with the voip internet phone, already. I don't know if it's all the rain they get up there but every time she calls the lines are full of static and weird random noises. Just once I'd like to have a conversation that didn't sound like we were sharing the line with angry, disembodied something-or-others.
