How do you deal with a bad internet connection? I can tell you it is very frustrating if you have no descent internet. I pay a lot for it, a lot for only 8 GB a month (!) and it is always lousy although it is 4G.
Yes I have 4G but most of the time (read: always) my connection is bad. If I am able to watch once a month a youtube video it is much. I already have a hard time to download a pdf file as an attachment of an e-mail. It was less as 3 mb and it took me 1 hour! Also sending an e-mail causes problems. It is very hard to believe this is the modern technology, this is 4G! If you think one get used to it, I can tell you I never will.
Fact is the providers do not care. They simply do not have the opportunity to serve everyone in a proper way. Of course they do accept you (and your payments) but for the rest their service is zero. They also do not invest in a stronger transmitter or more transmitters. No matter which one you try, if it comes to it they all use exactly the same network. I can remember my first internet connection. I had to use the phoneline. It was expensive at that time but way better as what I have had in the past 10 years!
You need a strong signal, so to live close to the "transmitter" with as less people as possible living in between you and the transmitter and USING it.
Fact is I always seem to live at the farrest point away from it and my area is overcrowded. Not only with people but also with all kind of "equipment" using the internet (desktops, laptops, tv sets, smartphones, navigation systems, etc.). Not only one a household but frequently 10 or more.
So being at the end of the row there is less left over for me.
That is exactly what the providers do. The first 2 weeks it is great. So you stay, since you are satisfied. Their next step is they put a limit on your speed and next a limit on your access hours. Those who complain most about it can be lucky and suddenly their internet is fast! I found out there are certain hours/periods I have hardly access. There are periods I have access at night and periods I have it in the morning. This is no coincedence but done on purpose by the provider (which is T-mobile)!
I feel annoyed about it. Very annoyed. It becomes each day clearer to me that the EU (the 1st world) is, if it comes to many things, worse as the 3rd world (and yes I have been there as well).
Fact is the employees in the provider shop refused to give me internet. So I guess they knew at that time something is wrong in this area (many complaints?). So I went to an other city to ask for it (no problem).
I simply do need internet to stay in touch with my beloved ones but also in cases of need (medical help, communication with neighbours who live some miles away), for e-banking and my children do need it for school.
Especially if you live in the middle of nowhere and the village can not be reached for about 3 months a year because of a terrible muddy, sheepshitty-road, internet is a must!
3 Months a year, sometimes longer, the road looks like this or worse. I need to leave my car behind and walk and carry my shoppings. This is the result of the increasing amount of sheep of 1 farmer who does not live in the mess he leaves behind himself.
Since me and my children are the only ones who need to walk this road, the city sticks to empty promisses to fix it.
overhere it is only getting worse.
I have big doubts we will have free internet and even 5G. I do not know what is going on, but the internet cafés all closed down this year and there is also no free internet at the library any longer. They all had the same problem: no descent internet (which they had years ago).
So the only extra place I can try and hope for some descent internet is the bank or perhaps one supermarket and hope it will work in case of need, although both closed down the access to certain sites and whatsapp as well. I also need to drive 6 miles to get there.
If it comes to Steemit sooner or later I can post some content. It takes me a lot of time to load a post. I can not see any videos and discord I can hardly load. So joining it or life is out of the question. It would be nice if posts with just a video have some text as well. This will make it for those who can not watch the video also possible to know what the content is about. I truly believe this will improve the quality of your content. I would be grateful to you.
https://steemit.com/life/@wakeupkitty/seidl-confiseri-in-laaber-germany-2018-05-10-17-49-14
https://steemit.com/life/@wakeupkitty/just-around-the-corner--2018-05-08-14-38-25
