Since we are at the stage of recommending the books and authors, I would just add as worth reading Kir Bulychev (spelling more or less accurate). This is an author of great humor and parody. I discovered that this guy is the best at showing the reader a flavour of the russian soul. Basically the things his characters do, can only be done by russians and the kind of culture he creates can only be based on the strange reality of Russia (from my understanding).
Anyway, his short stories (I like them the best) are great read for people having urge for some laughs. But still I don't know whether the translations are any good if there are any (I read him in polish).
I totally agree. Telocity (I DO NOT WORK FOR THEM or ANYTHING) sent the technicians on time (at the end side of the promised 2 months of wait time), they did the quality job. The only problems I had was with the Ameritech. When I moved in to my new apartment they did something wrong with the connection on the pole while giving me new phone number. Then when Telocity guys came, they couldn't get the right signal in the phone box in my building. Of course the Ameritech guy didn't show up to fix the thing (not a novelty in the Chicago IL), so finally after a two weeks Telocity fix the thing by themselves (I assume), and came to finish the job. Since then I enjoy 720 upload and 720 download without any interruptions (and a static ip hehe). Besides, at the first try the Telocity guys were scheduled at 12:00, but they came at 10:30, and 'cause I wasn't home they were waiting patiently on the stairs (it was the summer though).
Anyway, I can say (write) only the good things about their service.
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Since we are at the stage of recommending the books and authors, I would just add as worth reading Kir Bulychev (spelling more or less accurate). This is an author of great humor and parody. I discovered that this guy is the best at showing the reader a flavour of the russian soul. Basically the things his characters do, can only be done by russians and the kind of culture he creates can only be based on the strange reality of Russia (from my understanding).
Anyway, his short stories (I like them the best) are great read for people having urge for some laughs. But still I don't know whether the translations are any good if there are any (I read him in polish).
I totally agree. Telocity (I DO NOT WORK FOR THEM or ANYTHING) sent the technicians on time (at the end side of the promised 2 months of wait time), they did the quality job. The only problems I had was with the Ameritech. When I moved in to my new apartment they did something wrong with the connection on the pole while giving me new phone number. Then when Telocity guys came, they couldn't get the right signal in the phone box in my building. Of course the Ameritech guy didn't show up to fix the thing (not a novelty in the Chicago IL), so finally after a two weeks Telocity fix the thing by themselves (I assume), and came to finish the job. Since then I enjoy 720 upload and 720 download without any interruptions (and a static ip hehe). Besides, at the first try the Telocity guys were scheduled at 12:00, but they came at 10:30, and 'cause I wasn't home they were waiting patiently on the stairs (it was the summer though). Anyway, I can say (write) only the good things about their service.