On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 17:26, Aidan Holmes wrote: > Stephen K�hn wrote: > > > No wireless providers for your bush area? Satellite? Might be worth > > lookin into...I have a mate in Parkes that had to end up getting > > ISDN...which ain't great, but it works... > > I suppose what I really mean is I'm too cheap to use the broadband that > is available. ISDN is available as I live within the town, it is > competitively priced IF you already rent a second line for the internet. > But we only use one phone line so ISDN would approximately double our > phone/internet costs (the wife would kill me). Satellite is available > (I'm the computer dude at RetraVision and we have it here at work) but > the setup and ongoing costs are more than I can justify as a home user. > So I've resigned myself to doing my big downloads at work and using > email and simple browsing at home.....maybe I should run some cat5 from > work to home - they're only 700m apart :)
I think that Aron's got the right idea (belive it or not, I'm actually agreeing with the old fart for a change) - might be nice to setup some kinda wireless connection between the store and yer house...but don't reckon the folks are RetraVision would view that as being, er, well, ya know, cool. Prolly betta to do yer downloads at work and do the rest at home...might be a good idea to just get a 56k external and leave it at that. Reckon ya got the laptop from RetraVision then, eh? (Not going to say much about what OUR opinion is of RetraVision here in our neck of the woods...we kinda slip them in near the Hardly Normal's slot and the Domayne slot - to be avoided at all costs) ...but that's just us weirdo geeky folks on the coast... -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales ----------------------------------------------- GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives 100% Microsoft Free :: Crashing is NOT an option. Registered Linux User # 267497 ----------------------------------------------- There's a lot to be said for not saying a lot.
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