I have 6 days till I arrive in Seattle/Redmond.
As those of you who have been reading my blog regularly know I HATE Comcast. So when I received a call from the apartment company letting me know that they would take care of all utilities except phone, internet and cable I figured I was going to ask the question! Who did their internet. They said Comcast, my heart sank, then... they said Verizon!! With this one word my heart soared! These people do fiber optic internet. I have been drooling over this since Tom mentioned it. Was it possible? Yes and no. Yes they service and I got high speed to rival Comcast for 29.99 a month... forever, no change in price after 6 months. No they don't have FiOS... YET. So once they get it they can just upgrade! Oh yeah. I am so excited. Oh and should I decide to get cable services, they have direct tv, so I do not need to get Comcast cable which is a ripoff! Only catch is I need a land line. So I now have a land line in Redmond, which is good for buisness and emergency reasons. You know like when my cell phone runs out of batteries mid-call and takes half an hour to charge again!
Also, I bought a flat panel TV. Thats right. Me, the "I already have a TV what the heck to I need a new flat TV for?" girl. Well I needed a new TV since I, how shall I say, threw mine... hehe. So I got a flat panel. I was informed by a friend, who knows way more about this sort of stuff than me, (you know a guy) that it would probably be obsolete in 2 years as everything was switching to HDTV, but oh well, at that point I can be known as being the girl who says "what do I need an HDTV for, this one works fine?" Plus I hear there are converters. Plus I got a great deal on bedding online. It is exactly what I was looking for at an amazing price.
So what have I learned in all this? The internet is amazing, you can purchase things for amazing prices and often times can either pick them up in store or delivered for free. It's awesome. Advise: don't buy anything till you look for it online and compare prices.
