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March 21 Don't you just hate it when people lie . . .I'd love to tell you that I have something deep and insightful to tell you this afternoon, but I don't. Right now, I'm just trying to work out the high-speed internet issue I came accross yesterday afternoon.
Since Jenn and I moved out here, we've subscribed to Shaw high-speed internet which is supposed to be a 5 MB/Sec. download speed. We were reasonably happy with it, although I did have some issues with XBOX live play from time to time. Well that all changed when we got iTunes set up a couple weeks back and I realized that my "high-speed" connection was downloading slower than my lite-speed internet connection in my office. After having a repair-man over to check out my connection, he informed me that the highest download speeds ever experienced on their service are 2MB/Sec despite the fact that they advertise and sell it as 5MB/Sec. Essentially I've been paying full price for high-speed internet while only getting lite-speed internet. I've been paying twice the price, for half the service! Apparently they hope to upgrade their servers soon to actually provide the true high speed service, but the repair man said he'd been waiting for 2 1/2 years already so I shouldn't hold my breath.
After checking with Sasktel, I've found that I will actually get a full 5MB/Sec download for the same price I'm paying right now for my 2MB/Sec I'm getting right now! Guess who's switching back to Sasktel this afternoon. March 09 Look at me, I'm a MB delegate!Okay, so it's really not that exciting, but in a strange way I am kind of excited to go to my first MB convention this weekend. I've been to more than a few SBA conventions before, so I know what these meetings can be like, but I'm still excited to see how the MB variety does business. Probably lots of people reading lots of anual reports, and then voting on new board members and such, but that can be interesting too depending on how things go.
I'm kind of hoping that I may be able to get in on the church extension committee if they are looking for new members. With my church planting experience I know at least a lot of what not to do, and unfortunately from what I've heard so far, the current church extension committee is planning on going in the direction of what not to do. I'm not saying that I know a lot of what to do per se, but I know pretty well what doesn't work, so I'd love to have the opportunity to save people from the same fate that tried to eat me alive.
Anyways, at the very least it should be a good learning experience, and we get to stay with Daryl, Dawn, and Libby for the weekend, so the company will at least be good. |
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