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9.5.07

The things you miss the most

Over the past couple of weeks, I spent quite a bit of time considering what I would miss the most about Seattle. You see, not so long ago J and I decided that Olympia would be our next home. So we spent lots of months researching neighborhoods and sniffing houses. Sniffing because we were looking at older homes downtown and Oly being the soggy town it is and Jeremy's allergies being what they are, we were sniffing for mold. And boy did we find it. So after casting our net further afield we found an amazing little house, nestled the woods, on a street by the sound.

So, the last two weeks were sort of the internal monologue of what will I miss about Seattle. Of all the things I listed, my dear friends, the hustle of the town, favorite restaurants, coffee shops, bars, etc. I had no idea I'd miss the Internet.

Our new house is in some sort of broadband dead zone. All the big companies claim that they don't provide service way out there on the bay, although our new neighbors claim this is a lie. But until we get to the bottom of this, or pay for the infrastructure ourselves, we are living like its the late 90s, that's right a modem! How old school.

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6 Comments:

  • At 6:10 PM, Blogger Heather said…

    Dood. Are you already there? Time has flown. Happy housewarming--is it the same place? Did you work things out?

     
  • At 8:03 AM, Blogger Emma Rose said…

    yes, it all happened very quickly and it all worked out. it's amazing you guys will have to come visit once we get all settled.

     
  • At 5:44 PM, Anonymous Helen said…

    every time we moved, we made sure to get the location qualified for high speed internet before we signed the deal (whether it was lease or mortgage papers). of course during one of those moves "high speed" meant 2B+D ISDN: 128kbps. We were flying!

    check DSL Reports to see what's available around you. It requires a landline phone number, and I don't have yours (will you even get one?).

    good luck, and may the bandwidth be with you (at speeds faster than the "engagement modem" that my now-husband and I purchased together).

     
  • At 6:21 PM, Blogger Emma Rose said…

    yes! good point. but it's not like the lack of broadband would have be the deal breaker here. i guess i just made the big assumption that it wouldn't be a huge deal. i'm still thinking we'll be able to deal with it. there is always satellite!

     
  • At 4:59 AM, Anonymous Helen said…

    well, you're 12.5 miles by road from the nearest phone company central office. Wire miles may be even further. You can certainly write off DSL.

    who's the local cable TV provider?

    Satellite internet is expensive. I read an article on CNN recently describing it. But it would still be better than dialup...

     
  • At 12:42 PM, Blogger Emma Rose said…

    yeah, we'll see. satellite seems to be the only option besides dial up. hughes is the only one who serves us (as of now and its about 400 as a initial set up fee then 60 a month after that). hmmm, what's going to win out - my miserly-ness or my lack of patience?

    only time will tell :)

     

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