Since I came back from UK my father had let me use his DST broadband. It was fast, and initially quite reliable, though I was unable to update my antivirus software.
Then suddenly it refused to work. Please bear in mind the broadband is unlimited. Or does 'unlimited' actually mean 'limited, but not many people will use this much MB anyway so we'll just call it unlimited'? Sounds very Bruneian, don't you think?
The four days without internet connection was unbearable. I would wake up in the middle of the night thinking, 'Gosh! I must have tons of emails in my inbox. And there'll be lots of notifications on FaceBook. Not to mention I wasn't online at all, he'll think I'm mad at him! This is not good!'
Unable to bear this torture inflicted by DST broadband any longer, I went to TelBru today and got myself a b.mobile broadband. Unlimited. (I hope they know what unlimited really means.) B$60 per month. HuaWei HSDPA broadband modem.
Back at home, I stared at the b.mobile broadband. B$60 per month is roughly the same price I pay for my 3 broadband back in UK - £25 is around B$63. A level scholars like me who own a 3 broadband will know it's a HuaWei HSDPA broadband modem as well. Only of a slightly different model.
I plugged the b.mobile broadband in, and the whole installation process took about 20 minutes (I even have lunch in the mean time). Then, the moment of truth.
In less then 15 seconds, I was online on MSN. Then I tried to update my antivirus software. "Downloading 156.76KB of 58.49MB..." OK so the antivirus software is updating. Let's not jump up and down yet. Google Chrome. How long does it take to load Google UK? (Sorry la Google Brunei)
Answer: less than 10 seconds.
So I actually like b.mobile broadband. I might change my mind, though, if their 'unlimited' turns out to be 'not-so-unlimited'.
