Hi again gang. Any questions or responses should go to me directly, off-list.
Well, it's been over a week, and I have not heard from any Wrenches that are still on dialup or have very restrictive data allowances. I will give it a bit more time, so please get back to me if you have concerns about increasing permissible message sizes on the list. Michael Welch wrote at 11:17 AM 2/21/2013: >Hi gang. Please send any response or comments to me OFF LIST. > >Since we have a fair number of folks on this list who live off-grid, we also >had several still stuck with dialup internet access. For them, getting large >messages was a hassle. Last year I raised the message size limit to 100K, >which is large enough to include viewable jpg graphics of about 75K, along >with a reasonable amount of text. > >About once a week, I end up working with folks who attempt to send messages >that are larger than that. > >But now I would like to get a handle on how many of us still have significant >restrictions on data, so please let me know. >1. For folks on dialup, file attachments can be a drag, time-wise. >2. For folks like me, whose home internet access is through cell technology, >getting large files can end up being expensive, if their usage exceeds the >limits of their phone plans. > >Of course, there are work-arounds for these things, but for now I would like >to hear from Wrench list members who are affected by large messages, to see if >I can up the limits. _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: [email protected] Change email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
