12-09-2008, 05:46 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 4
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Location...location...location.
Hey Steve...
Well, isn't that just what it's all about? Location...I was raised in Chicago...grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan during my summers as a child (my mom called it "God's Country")...at 18 I left the city and have lived in the Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota for the most part since then (my little corner of Heaven). We now live several miles up a canyon, Maitland, leading to Deadwood, South Dakota (Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, etc.).
Qwest is the only phone service out here that I know of and they quit with cable modem Internet about a mile short of where we live. The only satellite service available (once again, that I know of) is Hughes Net, Dish, or the other Dish (can't think of the name now...you know what I mean). Hughes Net is $60/month and up with about $200 set up fee. I have Dish TV but to set up satellite Internet I have to go to BluRay. Once again, very expensive. The "other dish" is the same story.
Qwest doesn't even offer DSL at this address, nor does VCN or Blackhills. Like I said earlier, I am totally disabled so my income is limited too. I tried a couple of those add on's that claim to speed up your connection and downloads...what a joke. I have a log file posted on another site with my HiJackThis file so they can try to see if I have some problem areas and what I can clean up. Other than all that, I may just have to simply tolerate things until my finances improve...if they ever do. Hey, maybe Barrack will give me a 10 or 15% cost of living raise on my Social Security this January instead of the usual 2% we been getting...Lots O' Luck on that, eh?
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