Short Green Things

Being a college student, having reliable Internet service is VERY important. For an average semester at least half of my classes will require online submission of assignments – and they usually have very specific deadlines for those submissions. There really are plenty of places on campus and around the area to find Wi-Fi hotspots; however nothing can replace the convenience of having reliable Internet at your apartment.

Unfortunately Verizon isn’t really that reliable. I’ve lived in my apartment since 2007, since then I’ve probably had to call their customer service representatives between 5 to 10 times a year for various reasons. There was one point where I didn’t have service for approximately 2 months; luckily it was during the summer months so I didn’t necessarily need to have it. Even still, it was a huge inconvenience to be without service for that long.

My horror story of Verizon’s service occurred during the exam section of last semester. My Internet died as I was trying to finish a research paper for a compensation class that counted as my final exam. Suddenly I can no longer complete this paper in the comfort of my apartment using Internet that I’m paying for – instead I have to go sit in the crowded and noisy library to get my work done.

Because of the pain that Verizon is I’m really thinking about switching to satellite – specifically wildblue high speed internet. I know I usually write about green things on this blog – but I’m so over my service that I really think I’m going to try out a bluedish.