I hate Verizon

I personally believe that when things are going well, people have a lot better quality of life outside of cities. The only real problem here is the lack of decent internet. They get DSL in town, and almost all the way out here. Almost. I wouldn't trade this for city living though, no matter how much I could download. XD

Heck, that's about what my internet tops out at speed-wise. I'd kill for that.

Considering the hotel with good internet charges $90 a night, and I'm on a low-to-no income budget... Yeah...

I've had nothing but good service from them, especially the customer service. Much better than Sprint. My wife asked them a question one time and the lady says "I can't help you" and hung up on her. The only complaint I have from Verizon is the data cap. but then, I have charter so I don't need much from them. That and five of us on a 4 gig a month plan never even use half of that

I thought New Zealand had the best internet in the world? Read some article about it a while back... Guess they were wrong? O.o

The only places with decent high-speed internet are McDonald's (max 150KBps/second) or that hotel I stayed at for a night that cost me $90 for a night... I've just about got them convinced to let me come in and just use their internet for a few bucks though. XD

What I feel towards Verizon can most accurately be described as hate. Complete and utter loathing. They provide a shoddy service and take advantage of people who have no better option.

Can't watch youtube videos on this connection. They eat up too much data.

Yeah, using Verizon's wireless hotspot with it's limits honestly makes me feel like I live in a little third-world country or something. Honestly, who limits this stuff so ridiculously in this day and age? Such draconian practices feel years behind modern technology...

Greedy corporations though... They're why we can't have nice things. XD

Comcast was a lot more reliable, and a heck of a lot less limiting when I had them a few years back...

Yes, yes it does.

Nope, no friends nearby with Skyrim. Heck, I only have one friend within reasonable driving distance...

And yeah, 5GB is ridiculous. I could upgrade to 10GB if I felt like paying that much, but I can't afford it.

I only have a couple of friends, and the only one close enough to visit doesn't have Skyrim.

I'm actually leaning towards agreeing with you on this one. I'm not usually for over-regulating business, but there should be some sort of law preventing this sort of thing.

A youtube video? Not on this internet connection. :(

The only places with decent internet is McDonald's and the hotel I stayed at for a night a while back. It literally takes a couple of hours to even download one gigabyte at McDonald's though, as the net seems to move slower than it claims to be. I've almost got the people at the hotel convinced to let me use their internet for a few bucks though.

Either satellite (same caps/slower speed) or oldschool dial-up (which we had until about a year ago).

For the record, you can't even log into Steam on dial-up anymore. It just doesn't work. Believe me, I tried quite a bit until we upgraded.

I heard that they did, at first, but have discontinued the grandfathered unlimited plans now.

Myself, I signed up shortly after they did away with them.

I had AT&T's U-Verse before I moved back here about a year ago. I could have several downloads going on Steam and still stream 1080p video with no buffering. I miss that...

I've got a TV and quite a few consoles I picked up over the years. My problem is that these days, I'm pretty low-income. The only way I'm getting any newer games is usually through bundles and amazing sales, and they're all Steam, Desura, or GOG.com games usually.

You're lucky as all heck.