A long wait to connect


MANY years have passed since we gained the privilege of staring into the expanse of cyberspace. In the early days, we had only one main player. Since then, more Internet service providers have jumped on the bandwagon. But despite numerous “upgrades” and “maintenance” episodes on all sides, there really isn’t much to show for their efforts.

I remember dial-up being very slow those many years ago but surely connectivity should have improved with all the other service providers in the market now? So where exactly is the problem here?

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