At or about 0515 this morning I turned on my ps4 and clicked on the ED icon. I found out that it was going to be a 22 hours ordeal, my first thought was one of discontent. The second one was actually given to me by my wife, who stated that at least your gonna get it. Only 5 years ago, it would have been impossible, there wasn't any internet except at the hotels which all cater to tourist.
Most of Mexico high technology isn't coming from Mexico. As America upgrades their stuff, the old stuff is written off as a donation and sent here. With only one recent company testing the waters, cell phone here are still by the minute. Yes, it sucks, but yesterday, we didn't have any cell phones and today we do. Mexico will upgrade if and when America upgrades. We are like the youger siblings in a poor household that practices handing down clothes from the older generally larger child to a younger generally small child. Though Mexico as a nation is older, it is way smaller.
So, today for the first since launch, I can't play. Gonna be Jonesing all day like an addict needing a fix. But then come tomorrow!
It's ironic that though I'm forced to use a dial up connection to play ED. Not 30 meters from my house is the cable companies fiber optic line that runs to a new 600 home community one kilometer North of my home, and it's still under constuction and won't be occupied at all for another year.
Took some doing, but I finally got with the assitance of an interpreter to talk to thee highest employee at the local cable company. When asked why, when I'm so close to the line, I couldn't get connected. He stated, not a problem, and that I could have it done as soon as a week or less. And to write out a check in the amount of 10,000 U.S. dollars. Apparently the equipment and labor for one home or a hundred is the same.
There's a street that separats my barrio (neighborhood) from the one across the street. My barrio is about 80 acres in size and contains only 5 fairly large and slightly oversize homes. The one across the street is one kilo square and contains hundreds of normal size homes. Though the cable is on my side the street, it spans the street and gives the entire area extremly high connection speeds. My barrio will never get hooked up, there's not enough homes to warrent the cost thus there will never be any profit. Cable companies are high tech now, one can't just simply climb the pole and connect a wire like the ole' days. So, if you in the market for a new home somewhere, make sure to check out the internet abilities prior to buying.