Internet: The Revolutionary Tool

Oh back in the good old days when it took 10 minutes to load the internet and once you signed on it took another 5 minutes to open the home page. Internet has certainly changed dramatically within the last 10 years. Now obviously with the increase in speed you can get much more work done in a timely matter. However, the change within the internet that sticks out most abruptly in my mind is the change from dial up to wireless. I remember a particular time in middle school when I was going on to the internet for something important like Neopets or AIM and wound up weeks later with a $300 bill. When dialing up my internet provider started with the connection nearest to you but if there were to many people using that connection they would switch to the next one. I lived in Santa Cruz and it continued to dial in to different connections in till it reached San Jose. This meaning that we got a $300 long distance internet bill.Needless to say my mother was quite upset with the bill or with the fact that it continued to dial up till it got to a city miles away. But not with the increased amount of technology I can have free wireless internet access for hours with the cost of a cup of coffee.
However, the internet has also had some negative effects on me. With the increased access to internet almost everywhere you go it is very easy to get distracted from work. Where as in high school I would have to my computer at home to access any sort of internet. Now I can access the internet almost everywhere I go. It can distract me in class, its available on cell phones and in the library. Certainly, it's convenient and making life a lot easier for traveling, research, and communication but it also proves to be very distracting towards good students trying to work while checking their Facebooks.