I finally hit rock bottom with my internet dilemma yesterday.

I woke up yesterday, managed to send a couple of people messages, Hubby included, just before I got my "You have 100mb of data remaining." message from Vodafone and was cut off from civilisation for the whole day.

Normally, that wouldn't be a problem and I'd just top up my credit but we spent all our available funds last weekend (The bed is worth it!) and for the first time in a long time we've had to use the change box lol while we wait for payday and the bond to come back.

So there I was yesterday, broke as.f, no internet, but I had my cat and 10 loads of washing to do, plus the 2018 Steem Silver design to do.

By midday my cat was sick of me and all I had was my laundry and the design.

I washed l all this yesterday 💪💪

And worked on this... (Blog coming soon!)

6pm rolls around and hubby comes home with a new Telstra modem, an hour later we are online. 🙌

By that time though I was over the internet, exhausted by all the washing, I passed out, completely missing a meeting on discord.

Telstra VS Optus

Now... Here's my story breakdown. No one actually knows the gritty details except for @holoz0r. He very graciously and generously had my back throughout the internet ordeal, providing tech and moral support. (Cheers brother!)

There were MANY problems with Optus.

First and foremost, they couldn't figure out how to send us an email with our account details. (That email NEVER came.)

Second they couldn't figure out the problem.

Hubby had to troubleshoot and fix wiring and when that still didn't work, and Optus had no clue, he rang Telstra, who found the problem (the previous owners didn't disconnect their service) and that's why our line wasn't working.

Optus was cancelled (hallelujah!!!) and Hubby, after getting my msg about no credit, no money, no internet ~ went to a Telstra shop, disconnected the previous owners, signed up, picked up the modem and hours later I'm hooked up.

They said it will be live in 24-48 hours.. Nah mate, they underestimate how good they are. Hours man.. HOURS.. Possibly 2-3 hours after sign up we were online.

Plug and Play, password worked straight away. ZERO DRAMAS with Telstra.

Also, Optus wanted $100 for their shitty modem. Our brand spanking new range modem from Telstra was free.

LIKE SERIOUSLY???!!!

I LOVE YOU TELSTRA!!!

They shit all over Optus in every way possible.

The store even told Hubby to contact them direct so he can get support straight away as opposed to being on hold with Optus for hours on end only for the call to be picked up by someone else, and the lady he's dealing with won't call him back.

Guys, Telstra is worth the money.

For starters they pretty much own all the lines and if there's a problem, the other providers need to talk to Telstra anyway, or you need to talk to Telstra.

Optus couldn't help us with disconnecting the old owners, that was a Telstra job.

So now I finally have internet!

20 months of being on mobile broadband you guys 😱😱 Scrimping and saving every mb.

I can't believe I'm back, on an unlimited plan no less 🙌🙌

It was also great to see the Universe self correcting regarding my internet. Not only did we get a better modem, we also have better service all around with Telstra. And because Optus stuffed up massively, they waived the modem cost and cancelled our contract.

That's more like my life!

Sorry I wasn't on yesterday, now you know the story. I'll be catching up on everything today. As I write this my laptop is updating it's little heart out so it shouldn't be too much longer until I'm back full force.

Happy Wednesday!

❤ Arly