John Morris wrote: > 1. In the places I frequent, my connection to the web is way too slow > for it to serve as a replacement for local apps for serious work. In the > area where I live, I'm one of the lucky ones to get 1.5Mbps and the > local provider has no plans to upgrade in the near future. If I don't > like that, there's always satellite at about 400Kbps. When I travel, I > usually get a similar connection speed. There are two places where I get > a significantly faster connection, my sister's and my bother-in-law's. > There I get 16Mbps and 21Mbps, which brings me to my second point.
Then there's bandwidth charges... >> - Check out Distrowatch: http://www.distrowatch.com > > I had seen this one. I was mainly struck by the number of things that > website tried to sell me. Yes - sad. But would you want to pay a subscription ? Cheers, J/. -- John Beardmore, MSc EDM (Open), B.A. Chem (Oxon), CMIOSH, AIEMA, MEI Managing Director, T4 Sustainability Limited. http://www.T4sLtd.co.uk/ Energy Audit, Carbon Management, Design Advice, Sustainable Energy Consultancy and Installation, Carbon Trust Standard Registered Assessor Phone: 0845 4561332 Mobile: 07785 563116 Skype: t4sustainability