High Speed Internet Woes

My son who will be 4 years old this week loves trains, especially Thomas and Friends. He also can use the computer well enough to start and play his games on the computer without help. Last night he logged on, started Firefox and went to his favorite site Thomas and Friends, and all was well. A few minutes later I was in the bedroom changing my daughters diaper when I hear from the living room…

Daddy, I need help, I need help Daddy

I’m busy, I’ll be there in a minute

Apparently this answer was not satisfactory, as the requests for help continued as I finish my favorite fatherly duty. With a clean and fresh infant in hand I head to the living room. As I enter, my son who is still at the computer, says to me..

It’s not working

Usually this would be because he accidentally clicked on an ad or something. But this was not the case, as the Thomas and Friends website was still up. So I ask him what he needs help with. He clicks a link and points at the screen and says it’s not working.
Oh.. it’s working, it’s just slow, dial up slow. I was running a program on my computer that was using a lot of bandwidth, affecting his loading times for his games. So it seems, at 4 years old, he already has no time in his day to wait for a website to load.