I think you have it backwards - the types of interests that appeal to the geek crowd don't typically lend themselves to a lot of social interaction, as opposed to say group sports - hence the social ineptness. Essentially the lack of social skills is due lack of practice...some people are better at it than others, but it's not completely an innate ability....it can be learned.

$350 for a full T? if the CO is across the street and you're buying a 4yr contract then maybe. otherwise i'd be very skeptical...the parent is correct, the average cost is around $500, but can easily be more than that depending on the distance of the local loop...my company for example pays around $600 (for a crappy circuit too but that's for another day...) we're not terribly close to the CO...