| A majority of American households have access | | | | he tried to connect to the service it failed and he |
| to cable or satellite television. In addition to that, | | | | became frustrated. On the third try it finally went |
| most of these same homes have subscriptions to | | | | through and he was connected. He became even |
| broadband internet. As both have become more | | | | more frustrated when he would be chatting with |
| popular and easily accessible, the monthly | | | | a friend and suddenly he would stop receiving |
| subscription prices have gone down, making it | | | | messages, and then after about two minutes of |
| easier for people to afford both. Additionally, | | | | patiently waiting the whole service would |
| many American families have a second property | | | | disconnect. It would take another 10 minutes to |
| like a ski condominium or a summer vacation | | | | get back online and then he would have to explain |
| home. Most people become accustomed to having | | | | to his friends what had happened, or by that time |
| these novelties every day, so when they take a | | | | the friends would have already disconnected. It |
| trip to their secondary home, they feel the urge | | | | was a very frustrating process for Bobby. |
| to have access to them. Once a person becomes | | | | It was impossible for him to do more than one |
| accustomed to something, it can be very difficult | | | | thing at a time without his broadband connection. |
| to break away. | | | | If he was surfing the web, he couldn't be on |
| Once a person experiences something new, it is | | | | Instant Messenger and vice versa. It would take 5 |
| difficult to go back to the original version. For | | | | or more minutes to load a website that took him |
| example, once someone watches a baseball game | | | | only seconds when he was on his schools |
| on a high definition television, when they return to | | | | network. It was time consuming and unreliable and |
| their ordinary television it feels like they have | | | | it was very tedious sitting and hoping that a page |
| gone back ten years. Once someone experiences | | | | would load before it timed out. |
| broadband internet, it is very difficult to return to | | | | His parents had never experienced anything other |
| a dial-up modem. | | | | than dial-up so they were accustomed to the |
| Bobby's parents sent him away to a boarding | | | | dial-up speed. After Bobby told them about his |
| school for his high school career. He had come | | | | school they were intrigued and said if he found |
| from a town where there was no broadband | | | | something available in the area than they would |
| access. At the school he was introduced to T3 | | | | pay for it. He checked with the local phone |
| Broadband internet, which provided incredibly fast | | | | company but they didn't have DSL access. After |
| internet speeds like he had never experienced | | | | searching the internet, he found satellite |
| before. Over the course of time he grew | | | | broadband internet that could function in his home. |
| accustomed to the internet speed and considered | | | | His parents were amazed by the speed and soon |
| it normal. When he returned home for the holiday | | | | realized why Bobby had been so annoyed with |
| break, he couldn't believe how slow the 56k | | | | the dial-up modem. On all his future vacations, |
| modem had become. | | | | Bobby never had to deal with the stress of |
| Bobby wanted to talk to his friends from school | | | | dial-up internet again. |
| using instant messenger. The first couple of times | | | | |