[CentOS] Re: New lists

[Les Mikesell]

Bisbal, Prentice wrote:

>>>> Calculate how long it takes a 30 Mbyte message to go through a
>>>> modem. Imagine if the poor sod waiting for it is downloading
>>>> something else at the time.
>>> Anyone still using a modem is indeed a poor sod The rest of the
>>> intarweb doesn't seem to care about modem folk anymore either. We're
>>> just doing what all the other kids do :-P
>>>
>> What's a modem? ;-P
> 
> There are still people in Northern New Jersey (less than 30 miles from
> New York City), who still have no choice but to use a dial-up modem. I
> was talking to one of them last night. 

If you are near a major highway you should be able to get a cell 
carrier's digital card, although the 'unlimited' data plans tend to be 
expensive and not really unlimited.  I've found a few places my treo 
can't pick up email, but not many.

And there are always the satellite services like Starband if you are 
really out in the wilds - at least in North America.

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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com