PC and Internet

Yeah!! I ordered BOTH a new PC and broadband internet connection today!

The PC will be a monster. It has one gigabyte of RAM. A 120 gigabyte hard drive. A 2.66 Mghz Pentium 4 processor. A very fast and high resolution graphics card. A combination DVD and CD burner. (I want to transfer home movies to DVD for archiving.)

The internet service will be via a cable modem from our cable company. They guarantee 1.5 Mbps speeds (T1 speed!). Other cable company's internet servcie slows down during peak periods. It is 30 times faster than typical dial-up service. A 20 minute download over a modem will now take only 40 seconds!

The funny thing is that we will actually be saving money by getting the cable modem. Right now our cable bill is about $43 and our dial-up service is $22 for a total of $65. Our new combined cable and internet service will be $59.

The PC will show up next Friday (March 7), and the cable modem guy will be there the following day on Saturday (March 8).