On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 3:17 PM, mike <[email protected]> wrote: > Jordan doesn't want to ban escalators, he is just pointing out there are > areas in the country that don't have any.
I live in out in the country. I have to use satellite internet service unless I am willing to go with landline dial-up. I often can't even get a cell phone signal here. Radio services such as CB, GMRS in the 164 MHz band and MURS in the 151 MHz band remain in vogue when on the move out here. On this satellite service I have a daily upload/download limit of 480 megabytes except for the hours between 2 am and 7 am, Eastern time, during which period the byte counter is turned off. I therefore have to be somewhat more judicious while on the internet than when I was living in Falls Church, Virginia and had cable service with no limits. If the limit is exceeded, I get throttled back for 24 hours. That has not happened yet. The use of internet based storage is a bit more tricky than for most others because of the limitations posed by this satellite service and the attendant bandwidth issues associated with same. There are three folks living at my house who all have to share the same data path. There are also lots of other users, mostly businesses, all sharing the same crowded data highway up to and down from the satellite. However, I do not complain, but rather simply adjust and be happy with what I've got even though it is a bit expensive. Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
