Seriously, Who Would Pay for Such Awful Internet Service?!

I'm not upset. Was I a little discouraged at the time? Yes.

What happened?

I put $10 on my Metfone (IST) phone. First off, $10 is a LOT to buy for my phone at any one time. To give you an idea. I get online as often as I do (twice a week) for $6/month. I decided I wanted to have 3G (I currently use 2G/GPRS [i.e. crappy internet]) so I could stream the Pac-10 Tournament games (which conveniently enough were not being streamed anywhere online). So, I just got on the internet and did what I would normally do. I purchased the 3G for a week: $6 for access for the week and the first 700MB free; after that it's $0.003/100KB. So, you would think. Oh, that's not so bad. I had $13.35 on my phone before charging anything. I was fine for the first day. 20 minutes into day two, I ran out of money. I want to curse, but I'll refrain. Anyhow, I put another $5 on my phone, which should last me for the next month. I'm currently on my all day all access pass for $0.70 for the day.

Seriously, why in the world should internet cost that much here?! This was the best option for me for using it just for the weekend (or so I thought), too. The worst part: the 3G where I am is not all that much better than the 2G/GPRS.

Talk to you soon,
Garrett