Five Minute Friday

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You know the drill! And if you don’t, the rules are pretty simple.

 

 

1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.
2. Link back to Lisa-Jo and invite others to join in.
3. And then absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts about it, you need to visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments. Seriously. That is, like, the rule. And the fun. And the heart of this community..

OK, are you ready? Please give me your best five minutes on:::

Connect…

One of the biggest tools for connecting with people is the Internet. It allows us to video chat with people thousands of miles away in real time, it allows us to keep family and friends updated about the goings-on in our lives with words, photos and more.

But I can’t help but feel at a disadvantage when the small town you live in doesn’t have anything even close to “High Speed” Internet. I go to speediest.net and my results are:

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Yet there is still hope looming around the corner. A big telecommunications company invested money in bringing brand new fibre optic cables into town. The only thing we’re not sure of is when the system will go live to the public.

I have to say it will be nice to actually be able to watch YouTube videos, download podcasts and especially download updates for my software that doesn’t tie up our connection for hours and hours on end (and then quit on me before completing the last few kb).

Living so remotely has had it’s benefits, but it definitely has not helped with staying connected to friends and family elsewhere.

I will admit that a plus about living here is that there have been some really important friendships made that do and will continue to last after people begin to move away. I just wish the Internet speeds would pick up so we could initiate more on our end.

It’s so funny to me how something that most people didn’t use on a regular basis ten to fifteen years ago has become so integral to how we live. When the Internet’s down, the world closes off from us.

And there you have it. You turn!

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  • http://frogdiva.wordpress.com/ Tonya

    As someone who is VERY connected, I can’t imagine not having much of an internet connection. For me, it’s like stepping back in time to the late 90′s. I also agree with you, though, that it probably has affected the way friendships work for me. I don’t know my neighbors AT ALL, and when one showed up on my doorstep the other evening, I wasn’t even sure who she was….and I’ve lived here for a year and a half!

    I read your About page, and it looks like you once had a faster internet connection speed and know what you are missing out on. I do hope that fiber optic makes it to your town soon!

    (Visiting from Five Minute Friday)

  • http://twitter.com/helengullett Helen Gullett

    Oh yeah slow internet connection can be frustrating. Often I heard from my husband how he couldn’t finish his work just because the internet connection was too slow or even dropped.

    Even at home, sometimes our internet connection is so slow. There is some serve that offer high and fast connection but we have to pay way more that we should.

    Look at a bright side, we are trying to get use to it since we are now preparing to move overseas for long term mission work, where we know well that the internet connection will be way slower that what we have here now, or even we won’t have internet connection. So get use to it!