for the past two days my broadband connection has slowed to a trickle during daytime. by “trickle” i mean the download speed is now 10% of the usual speed and let’s not even talk about the time i take to load webpages or stream movies. the speed only starts to pick up after midnight.

i seriously thought the internet provider screwed up agan. i was cursing and swearing about the bills i pay and the service i get, etc. etc. until i saw the date. 31st march. hmm, end of the month. but it can’t be because i’ve exceeded the usage limit, right? i’ve never exceeded the limit before.

still, i did a check and what a genius i am, the limit has been exceeded indeed. fortunately i checked the option to slow down the internet speed instead of getting charged for extra usage when i hit the limit. otherwise i’d be forking out a neat sum of money and i’d never know.

it’s strange i exceeded the limit for daytime use cos hey, i wake up around noon everyday? i guess it’s probably because i tried listening to internet radio (for less than two hours in total!), cos i’ve been using the internet as much as i usually do.

oh well, i’m glad tomorrow is a fresh new day of april. usage limit’s gonna start on a clean new slate again!