<VV> Internet Connecting Re: VirtualVairs presentation

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Before I got DSL (Verizon) I would use the dial-up  for normal email 
messages, but NOT download any files since even a relatively  small 5 mb file took 30 
minutes to download.  I would save those for my  periodic trips to the local 
library where I'd bring in my laptop and use their  wireless connection to 
download all the files in a few minutes.  Also used  it for updating software and 
doing big searches off the Internet.  A  friendly librarian told me that even 
when the library is closed, the wireless  connection stays on, so sometimes I 
would go in the car and park right OUTSIDE  the library and use their 
wireless.  Just had to make sure I parked where  the sun wasn't shining on the laptop 
screen!  About time I got something  back for the many thousands of dollars in 
local taxes I pay every year!
    Frank "sometimes parsimonius" Burkhard
 
In a message dated 6/6/2008 5:37:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
ichabodshaw at earthlink.net writes:

Hello  VV
Thanks for the suggestion and your input. Yes I did look into satellite.  
Too costly, equipment and monthly service charge. I am not in an area  where 
DSL will work and the cable TV companies will not install or  maintain cable 
out to here. I also looked into cell phone type hookup but  I am so far out 
in the boonies there is no signal.
I am retired on a fixed income and have a 244 acre farm to deal  
with and with the current rising cost of fuel for the equipment and other  
farm expenses it is not economically feasible for satellite at this time.  I 
want to have a few dollars for my CORV-8 rebuild but I am watching my  small 
"fun" spending money budget rapidly decline.
I find VV a really  great place to gather information. I have gathered a lot 
of data from it.  I have been lurking on it since the KY convention.
Thanks  again
Bob







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