Dr Copa

I am always amazed when I meet someone who lives locally but tells me that they can’t get any Internet Services where they live!  When I probe them for more information they tell me that they can’t get cable Internet, and that the dial-up service that they have tried in the past was too slow.  I can understand that – I used to have dial-up service and it was slow, but it was better than nothing!  When we moved to this house and we got faster Internet I was really happy about it!

I think that DSL service is too limited for most people – I don’t understand how and why the technology of DSL only allows for service withing a short distance from the DSLAM location.  I can’t imagine that very many people live within those boundaries!  I do think that people who have children in school should have some form of Internet, even if it is slow.  These kids are going to need Internet access more frequently as the progress through school.  And mobile broadband is just too expensive at this point for people to be able to use that service for personal use.

My wife and I are trying to do a little bit of repairs around the house.  Money is tight, so we have been doing some comparison shopping between the two biggest home improvement stores in the area.  You know the ones I’m talking about – the big blue and the big orange.  We frequently get coupons in the mail from the big blue, and we are frequently seeing commercials on television that claim that the big blue has the cheapest prices.  Yet when we went to compare the prices of 2x4s we found that the big orange price was almost $1 lower per 2×4.  When you have to buy 100 of them, that makes a big difference!  So my advice to all of you out there – don’t believe the hype.  Use your head, and your phone and call around for prices!  You’ll be amazed at how much money you can save with some shopping savvy!