- You must always hit “pause” and buffer YouTube videos before you can play them decently.
- Your top BitTorrent download speeds are in the 30 or 40kbps, even when you’re supposed to have a 768k line.
- Network outages become an annoying everyday trend.
- You experience lag in World of Warcraft even when you’re in the middle of the most deserted area.
- You cannot do two things at a time. Download & surf simultaneously? What are you, mad?
There’s an alarmingly fast pace of Internet downgrade where I live. Sure, it may be that many people in the neighbourhood have also aDSL lines, but why should I care? I pay for my 768k line, month by month, and I want a fluid Internet experience.
Of course, Internet providers are not always to blame. That monster of telecommunications, our beloved OTE, sure knows how to handle so-called broadband.
I’m all for supporting my country. But Greece is pathetic as far as Internet goes, I’ll never cease to say that.
