After nearly eight years on dial-up, I am happy to announce that last Thursday I went online with a broadband connection. My broadband provider, MyChoice, is relatively new, having been in the area for maybe about one year. It is also a little expensive, about $50 per month (although, in return, I can drop my land line phone service, cancel by dial-up account, and reduce my cell phone minutes by using Skype, etc., so $50 isn’t too much of a hit). Other that satellite, MyChoice is the only means of getting broadband at home in my little town. Now I can finally enjoy at home many aspects of the Internet that were previously unavailable or impractical.
Many of my friends and family are already using my michaelprewitt.com email address. However, if you are using my older shawneelink.com address, please be aware that it will soon be discontinued, since it is tied to my dial-up account, which will soon be canceled. Email sent to that address will bounce, so please change to my michaelprewitt.com address now.
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