Around The World In 80 Waves

I see an awful lot of signs like this which suggest that living in the 21st century can be yours provided you are a patron of the fine establishment. However they dont tell you that you are sharing the net access with all the cheapskates in the neighbourhood who are too tight to pay for their own, and that is before you add the hostel or hotel full of travellers who are trying to download the latest pirated box sets.

My inability to sleep as much as most helps here until the slackers drag themselves out of bed chasing a free instant coffee, because I usually have it to myself for at least an hour. However ‘it’ is still pants, and at times equates to the dial up I remember from the 90s. I have regularly struggled to download a simple text based email, so think this sign would be more appropriate:

As a consequence it looks like my posts may well be feast and famine from now on, as I struggle to find a decent connection from time to time. My apologies for the periodic hits to your inbox when that happens, and sadly I can’t see that improving as I head south from the US.