| Stan had been working as a sheriff's deputy | | | | internet very often, but he saw what they were |
| when the recession hit and the county had to | | | | talking about when he tried to register for an |
| make some lay-offs. Fortunately for Stan he | | | | email account. |
| didn't lose his job entirely, but he was demoted to | | | | Stan was in the process of trying to choose a |
| part time and he saw his annual salary decrease | | | | username when he became very frustrated. He |
| by more than half. He had to admit that he was | | | | would pick a name and enter his information, then |
| luckier than some of the other people because he | | | | when he clicked submit, he would wait as the |
| was still able to keep his benefits and his family | | | | page slowly loaded. Every time the name he had |
| was still able to keep their health insurance, which | | | | chosen was already in use, and the program |
| was great because he had one diabetic son. His | | | | would subsequently erase all the data that he had |
| wife was still working full time, but he had to find | | | | entered and he would have to go back and |
| something else to for extra money and to | | | | re-enter his personal information. On the fifth try |
| occupy his time. | | | | he finally succeeded and had his own email |
| There was nothing in the classifieds section of the | | | | account. |
| local paper that he could find. Occasionally there | | | | He went and talked to one of his sons about |
| were job offerings for night auditing in a hotel, | | | | what to do, and his son suggested satellite |
| sales associate in a retail store, or experienced | | | | broadband internet as a great alternative. One of |
| wait staff for a restaurant. Unfortunately for Stan | | | | his friend's parents had signed up and he had |
| he didn't have any desire for any of these | | | | excellent internet speed at his house. Stan gave |
| positions, nor did he have the necessary | | | | him the go ahead, and his son immediately |
| experience they were seeking. He started to look | | | | gathered all of the information about the |
| for jobs online and hoped that maybe he would | | | | company and gave it to his father. In less than a |
| be able to find something of a similar nature. He | | | | week they were connected and they even |
| knew that above anything he could not lose or | | | | bought a wireless router so they could connect |
| give up his part-time job as sheriff, because the | | | | wherever they wanted to in the house. |
| benefits they offered were a necessity to the | | | | IT turned out that some of the better jobs were |
| family. | | | | only available online and not posted in the local |
| Stan wasn't all that familiar with the internet but | | | | paper. Stan found a part-time job as a security |
| he had upgraded the internet in the house to DSL | | | | officer at a nearby bottling plant, and with his |
| at the request of his children. Recently they had | | | | resume he got the job. He realized that his |
| been complaining about the decrease in the | | | | upgraded internet had afforded him an |
| internet speed and they were asking him to find | | | | opportunity he most likely would not have |
| something faster for them. He had ignored their | | | | discovered otherwise. |
| pleas at first because he hadn't been using the | | | | |