Life is good and not good at the same time

Pentax D-FA* 70-200mm f/2.8 ED DC AW

08/07/2009 08:51:23 AM · #1

I just purchased a house (good), but this house is in a new subdivision that does not have cable ran to it and the cable company has no immediate plans to run lines to it anytime soon (bad). Which in turn means it's very hard to enter challenge here on DPC right now (again bad)! Just when my scores started to rise and I was learning so much. I will hopefully get some shots for an upcoming challenge and use a friends computer to upload them. Such a pain to do though.

I looked up info on satelite interent and air cards from Cingular, hughsnet, direct TV, and Verizon. The satelite is very expensive for just 1Meg service and the air card's are about the same price and they only offer a 5 gig limit which means I can't stream my Netflix movies without paying out the ass. All these service's are around $75.00 a month when I was paying $55.00 for 5 Meg service through the cable company before I moved. This sucks.

/rant

K3Master

Pentax K-3

08/07/2009 09:09:11 AM · #2

Man, I can't imagine purchasing a house anywhere without first doing such important research!

lol.

SELL SELL SELL!

NikonJeb

Nikon D850

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR

08/07/2009 12:50:52 PM · #3

I went through this very same issue for a while.....had dialup for the first two years I was at DPC.

You can get the challenge entries to upload, but if you have to upload an original to validate, you'll have to go to work or an Internet cafe, or friend's house.

I do not miss having to wait for five minutes for a 200KB file to upload......8>(

scarbrd

Leica M10

Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux M Aspherical MF - Black

08/07/2009 12:54:26 PM · #4

Does the phone company offer DSL service in the area?

08/07/2009 01:28:53 PM · #5

Originally posted by K10DGuy:

Man, I can't imagine purchasing a house anywhere without first doing such important research!

lol.

SELL SELL SELL!

Yeah shot myself in the foot on that one. Couldn't pass up the deal though. I moved from a 500 SQ. FT apartment to a 2000 SQ FT. house.

08/07/2009 01:30:08 PM · #6

Originally posted by scarbrd:

Does the phone company offer DSL service in the area?

Unfortunantly not. I will have to eventually go with Hughsnet I'm thinking. Does anyone know if 1Meg service can stream something like Netflix good?

see

Canon PowerShot S95

08/07/2009 02:04:40 PM · #7

Louis, maybe go door to door, if enough people express interest in cable you might change their (the cable company) minds.