We've been talking a lot in the last few days about TV streaming. I know, it's strange...bear with me for a minute while I take you down the progression that is internet in China.
This is the land of technology. I use my cell phone to pay for everything. The doctor, the pizza delivery, the eggs and flour at the corner store for cookies, Starbucks, fruit from the fruit cart outside the gate....everything. When I went on a walk the other day, I almost forgot my keys because I knew I had my cell phone with me and that was everything I needed. (WRONG! I do need keys. Important life lesson, friends.)
Buses have wifi, cell signals work in the metro...life here is all about technology.
But the internet, it is slow. Sooooo slow. Not dial-up-connections-from-2005-in-Ethiopia slow, but certainly not as fast as we've become accustomed to in 2017.
This week, however, it has been fast.
And I have been making the MOST of it.
Now that basically means I've been watching a lot of TV, but come on...it's summer. Give a girl a break.
Tonight a few friends came over for pizza from our favorite delivery place and games. Goodness gracious it was a good time. We laughed, oh how we laughed...we talked...we played...and we laughed some more.
And somehow we got on the topic of how fast the internet has been. It's been so fast that we've been able to watch TV shows without much buffering. So fast that you can watch said TV shows at any time, day or night.
And that just doesn't usually happen.
But everyone is on vacation...at least the people with kids seem to be since school is out for July and August. Our theory is that each building/neighborhood gets a certain amount of bandwidth for the interweb (Corner Gas, anyone?), and if everyone is using it, it is s-l-o-w. So slow. But right now, with people gone, there's more for my streaming pleasure...and it's quick as lightening. When they all come back for school to start, I have a feeling we won't be so lucky...
I know, I know...I'm rambling. And what's worse, I'm rambling about nothing of consequence.
Just wanted to justify still being up at midnight. There, I did it. Now I shall sleep...or watch another episode...or sleep. The internet will still be fast tomorrow. Hopefully...
This is the land of technology. I use my cell phone to pay for everything. The doctor, the pizza delivery, the eggs and flour at the corner store for cookies, Starbucks, fruit from the fruit cart outside the gate....everything. When I went on a walk the other day, I almost forgot my keys because I knew I had my cell phone with me and that was everything I needed. (WRONG! I do need keys. Important life lesson, friends.)
Buses have wifi, cell signals work in the metro...life here is all about technology.
But the internet, it is slow. Sooooo slow. Not dial-up-connections-from-2005-in-Ethiopia slow, but certainly not as fast as we've become accustomed to in 2017.
This week, however, it has been fast.
And I have been making the MOST of it.
Now that basically means I've been watching a lot of TV, but come on...it's summer. Give a girl a break.
Tonight a few friends came over for pizza from our favorite delivery place and games. Goodness gracious it was a good time. We laughed, oh how we laughed...we talked...we played...and we laughed some more.
And somehow we got on the topic of how fast the internet has been. It's been so fast that we've been able to watch TV shows without much buffering. So fast that you can watch said TV shows at any time, day or night.
And that just doesn't usually happen.
But everyone is on vacation...at least the people with kids seem to be since school is out for July and August. Our theory is that each building/neighborhood gets a certain amount of bandwidth for the interweb (Corner Gas, anyone?), and if everyone is using it, it is s-l-o-w. So slow. But right now, with people gone, there's more for my streaming pleasure...and it's quick as lightening. When they all come back for school to start, I have a feeling we won't be so lucky...
I know, I know...I'm rambling. And what's worse, I'm rambling about nothing of consequence.
Just wanted to justify still being up at midnight. There, I did it. Now I shall sleep...or watch another episode...or sleep. The internet will still be fast tomorrow. Hopefully...
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