"And no, aside from the army nobody's going to give you money to go to college on the condition that you work for them when you get out. That's just silly."
Actually not silly, just naiveté to spout off about a subject without knowledge.
My cousin went through medical school without a dollar from his parents at a state school and got by on scholarships and government help, provided he practice in a rural area with need after his residency. Now he owns his own practice and is pursuing his dream.
My Wife is currently going through a Doctorate degree program at a state school and there is a program she was made aware of that has an 85% forgiveness of her loans if she gets a job at the VA hospital!
Look around and you will find some way to get an education, just remember, though you may borrow a sizeable amount, try to live poor and pay off those loans right away after and you should be okay for the future. Don't pick a career in a saturated field, pick one that has a need and you will be afforded an education nobody can take away from you!!
I went through the school of hard knocks and am now supporting my Wife through school. Do it now while you're young and you won't have any regrets when your 43 like me!
Mark
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Cablenetguy
That's a fallicy. A cable modem is shared at the HFC Node. DSL is shared at the CO. All of your bandwidth is shared at some point, even if you pay for a dedicated fiber connection. There are newer solutions for cable to expand the HFC bandwidth by adding more upstreams with split-nodes and even more possibilities with Docsis 2.0 when it is released. If you're having slowdowns at some particular times your cable company needs to look into their bandwidth utilization.
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"And no, aside from the army nobody's going to give you money to go to college on the condition that you work for them when you get out. That's just silly." Actually not silly, just naiveté to spout off about a subject without knowledge. My cousin went through medical school without a dollar from his parents at a state school and got by on scholarships and government help, provided he practice in a rural area with need after his residency. Now he owns his own practice and is pursuing his dream. My Wife is currently going through a Doctorate degree program at a state school and there is a program she was made aware of that has an 85% forgiveness of her loans if she gets a job at the VA hospital! Look around and you will find some way to get an education, just remember, though you may borrow a sizeable amount, try to live poor and pay off those loans right away after and you should be okay for the future. Don't pick a career in a saturated field, pick one that has a need and you will be afforded an education nobody can take away from you!! I went through the school of hard knocks and am now supporting my Wife through school. Do it now while you're young and you won't have any regrets when your 43 like me! Mark -- Otherwise known as ----- Cablenetguy
That's a fallicy. A cable modem is shared at the HFC Node. DSL is shared at the CO. All of your bandwidth is shared at some point, even if you pay for a dedicated fiber connection. There are newer solutions for cable to expand the HFC bandwidth by adding more upstreams with split-nodes and even more possibilities with Docsis 2.0 when it is released.
If you're having slowdowns at some particular times your cable company needs to look into their bandwidth utilization.