Randomly Lost...

It’s quiet… I like that.

I thought that I’d have a problem finding certain types of situations out here in BFE, but in general, I was wrong. There are gay people within driving distance.

However, they’re not offering anything that I really want. I don’t want any new casual friends. I eventually want to start dating seriously and maybe finding someone special.

I now realize how important having my own space is for me. I’ll be saving up to move a trailer here if I can’t get any of my family to at least supervise me going through things in my old room.

I would rather just have my old room again because it would be cheaper. I want to be able to listen to music when I want to without disturbing anyone. I want to be able to have friends over if the opportunity ever presented itself.

I don’t mind living out here. I’m actually enjoying it. It’s just getting to me that I don’t have my own space. I know it’s silly, but I’m in my 20s (even if not for long, I’m 28), single, and male.

They don’t understand why I am so persistent on me getting my own space.

The one rule about living here is that I can’t have “friends” over… So, what happens when I start seriously dating? It’s going to be very expensive going to hotels all the time.

I want to clean out my room, but I don’t know what belongs to who and if it’s important or not.

We’ll see what happens in the next few weeks. I wish I had about 5k to just get a trailer. It’d be much easier than trying to get my family together (even if just to supervise a couple of friends and I cleaning it out).

Other than not having my own space, everything is starting to work out. I’m caught up on bills, not as negative as usual, and am still sober (5 months yesterday).

:)

Well, so far, the new connection rocks.

I’ll be packing up and returning the EVDO tomorrow so that I can get a refund. :)

The EVDO solution for those of you that would need it is from BroadbandBlue (reseller of Cyberonic)… It was nice for what it is… but it fades in and out in my area beacuse Sprint is on drugs or something…

After messing with my MTU:

The new connection is with a small WISP in the area that just got a tower on the south side of Damon.

Anywho… Now I need to make a P-t-P network between my sister’s place and mine for various reasons. I’ll probably use a router that I’m using at her place right now as a bridge, put it in a waterproof box, make a power over ethernet cable (aka: ghetto rig or just run two conductor cable to it and an ethernet cable), mount it outside her place, and then get the cables inside. I’ll re-use the hole that they used to run the satellite cable to prevent needing to do any new drilling. I’m going to mount if low enough that I don’t have to worry about lightning.

Otherwise, I was considering getting two of these and making a proper bridge, but that will definitely need to wait a couple of paydays / until I save up some funds:

http://www.amazon.com/UBIQUITI-NANOSTATION-LOCO-802-11B-WIRELESS/dp/B0023SDH8…

Thanks to all who sent good vibes for me getting a better connection.

Bandwidth problem has been solved. :) I even made some VOIP calls on it and they went through properly and sounded fine. I can finally call other companies and people when I need to w/o using my minutes on my cell phone.

Also, I was right at my AT&T tansfer quota… so all of this worked out in the end. :)

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So, hopefully Monday, I’ll have a better Internet connection.

My main complaint of living out here was lack of bandwidth…

So, I found a solution from Cyberonic/BroadBandBlue… As soon as the package arrived and I started using it, another provider called me back telling me that they now have a tower up in my area.

I’ll be cancelling the EVDO service if the canopy/WISP installs and works properly.

EVDO: 1.5mbit down, .5 up… 200ms+ latency
Canopy: 5mbit down, 2 up… ~100ms latency

While the EVDO solution from Cyberonic is acceptable for a “last ditch Internet connection” for most normal people, if the canopy system can be installed from SkyNet, I’m getting it.

I’m still within the cancellation period with the EVDO provider. I’m glad they have a cancellation policy that will be better for me. (I paid a rather large activation fee for them and they’ll refund all my fees, less the shipping.)

The EVDO provider uses Sprint as the back-haul. It’s acceptable for most uses, but it won’t be good for me in the long run. If SkyNet works, it’ll be better for me. Especially because I need to have a better connection since I work from home.

Satellite isn’t even an option because of the transfer quotas/caps and the latency. The throughput would be ok for most normal people, but it won’t work for me.

So, I’m hopeful and keeping praying that SkyNet works here… Yes… I’m praying for it because a good Internet connection is my livelihood.

Via USB:

Via Wifi Hotspot via phone from AT&T:

I think I might as well use the hotspot when it’s charging. :P

I’ll be getting another provider soon just for data. They claim no bandwidth cap. Let’s see if they work out. Otherwise, I have to wait another month for the better satellite service (12megabits down, 3 megabits up) that works on a quota system.