Imagine my surprise waking up to one of the worst messages I've ever received. I can't say it was anything overly serious like a horrible accident or what most people would classify as horrible, but it was quite horrible to me, your friendly neighborhood internet junkie. Yes, I spend a large chunk of time surfing the net... what am I? from the 90's?.. I prefer to watch TV on the internet for obvious reasons (no commercials). YouTube, Xbox, Netflix and even TED Talks as of late. Now don't assume I'm some internet cat watching loser, although those fur-balls are somewhat enjoyable to watch, I spend most of my time learning. Yeah, I said learning.
Back to my original predicament, this dreadful message from my landlord, a very nice lady, informed us that 85% of the data usage has been used. In 6 days. I'll allow you time to pick your chin back up off the desk. Out of an available 375 gigabytes per month, for those not so strong in math, we used almost 320 gigs. Let me repeat, IN 6 DAYS. I was shocked. I did some quick calculations from a program I downloaded to track the amount of data I used. After making some assumptions and averages, that outrageous number almost made sense.
Let me tell you, I was bummed out all day. Panicking, I asked myself "what the hell can I do for the rest of the month in this house without internet and only 7 good cable channels!?" Later, as I shoulder pressed my frustration away at the gym, I got a mood changing message. You know, the ones that make you smile as you try to hide your fist pump so no one thinks you're some creepy weirdo smiling at your cell phone (unless of course a cute cat just popped up on your screen). My landlord made arrangements for unlimited... yes, UNLIMITED internet and at no extra cost to me. As you'd imagine, day made.
Back to my original predicament, this dreadful message from my landlord, a very nice lady, informed us that 85% of the data usage has been used. In 6 days. I'll allow you time to pick your chin back up off the desk. Out of an available 375 gigabytes per month, for those not so strong in math, we used almost 320 gigs. Let me repeat, IN 6 DAYS. I was shocked. I did some quick calculations from a program I downloaded to track the amount of data I used. After making some assumptions and averages, that outrageous number almost made sense.
Let me tell you, I was bummed out all day. Panicking, I asked myself "what the hell can I do for the rest of the month in this house without internet and only 7 good cable channels!?" Later, as I shoulder pressed my frustration away at the gym, I got a mood changing message. You know, the ones that make you smile as you try to hide your fist pump so no one thinks you're some creepy weirdo smiling at your cell phone (unless of course a cute cat just popped up on your screen). My landlord made arrangements for unlimited... yes, UNLIMITED internet and at no extra cost to me. As you'd imagine, day made.
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