#in theory the new line should be ~100x faster than this

[elephantbitterhead]

At long last, we are now trembling on the precipice of having fast internet -- a mere 2+years after they laid the cable to our fenceline, apparently just to taunt me, because after that it took more than a year for any internet provider to admit that we had access to high-speed internet. Once we finally found a provider willing to face reality, they then dicked us around for 5 months about completing the last ~2' of the cable that actually connects to the house. But today that connection was completed, so sometime soon communications at Over Hartside will be catapulted into the late 20th century.

#currently whizzing along at 4.5Mbps #in theory the new line should be ~100x faster than this #but we'll see #I'm actually OK with our current speed given our location #it's kind of amazing that we have any internet at all #I can presently stream things in a watchable fashion #which is my most internet-demanding activity #so who knows what I'll do with this decadent new service #Over Hartside