The Land That Time Forgot...Again

The other thing I forgot to mention is the state of technology here, especially that of telecommunications.  I've whined before about the crappy mobile phone plans and the outrageous costs but it doesn't stop there.  We finally received our PVR from our Internet provider.  After setting it up we noticed that we still only had the basic cable despite signing up for the next plan up.  After calling the company they finally informed us that we are 8km from the main switch and as a result our internet speed isn't fast enough to handle the streaming TV for anything but basic cable, and as a result they didn't enable it.  They were supposed to check the speed before ever sending the PVR box to us.  In the meantime, it probably cost us about $10 just talking to them on the phone.  The state of technology here is about 5-10 years behind Canada.  Who knew that Calgary, Alberta was 'cutting edge'?