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Comment by tambourine_man

3 years ago

Stranded on a deserted island is bit radical, but I recommend going to a place with no internet connection for a week or so. I though I had a long reading problem. Turns out, I have an internet problem.

The circuit in my apartment that my wifi is on keeps flipping so my connection has been frustratingly intermittent.

I've gotten more reading and cleaning done in the last week than I have in maybe years.

I didn't realize I also was a tambourine_man -- you literally just described my recent realization.

I'm moving this week and won't have internet for a few days. I look forward to the relative break.

some 40 years ago in the Netherlands we had no TV broadcast at night because people should be in bed.

I wonder if an ISP could forge a product like noon till 7 (or even 4am till 9am) when few people use bandwidth. Perhaps combined with a very slow connection the rest of the day.