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The Bay Area has a few wireless outfits operating, but you have to have line
of sight to their transmitters. One is on Mt Diablo, can't remember the
other. They range from business grade (like 6 mb/sec) which is very expensive
to stuff that's almost affordable around $100 a month. I wish I could
remember their names. Earthlink wireless is available in some areas. Ricochet
wireless at 128 kb in some areas (www.ricochet.net) although actual
throughput may be somewhat lower. Last resort would be Starband satellite. I
know someone that has it in Kentucky, and pings were surprisingly short.
In a message dated 2/15/01 6:12:25 AM Pacific Standard Time,
parks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Actually, I thought it was a pretty valid question. I live in the SF Bay
> Area, not Bulgaria, in a very remote canyon. No cable, too far for DSL and
> the number of phone lines available to my home is maxed out. I too would
> love to hear of new alternatives. Not everyone lives in downtown USA.
>
> William
>
> >
> > Wow! I don't mean to be insulting or anything but do you have indoor
> > plumbing? Have you heard the latest fad? Movies with "talking!" (Just
> > teasing you :) Being a lifelong technophile I can't imagine anyone on
less
> > bandwidth than DSL except my mom and Bulgaria.
> >
> > Try this: Write a paragraph of what you want to do this weekend and read
> it
> > to your partner, dog, mirror whatever. But read only one word at a time
> > every 8 seconds. Then, read it as fast as you can or better yet, just
hold
> > it up in front of the dog's nose. Method 1 is your bandwidth. Method 2 is
> > DSL. I have quad-T1 lines at work connected to the backbone. Several
grand
> > a month and other than the government, one of the fastest connections
> > around. I have DSL at home for $50 a month. I have a hard time telling
the
> > difference between the two. Of course work allows 100 people at a time
but
> > at home, I surf on two computers with multiple browser windows and talk
on
> > the phone all at the same time while in the background I'm listening to
> > free internet Baroque music on Spinner.com. And I've got an old Dell
> laptop
> > and a no-name desktop.
> >
> > The Fat Lady sang and already went home to bed.
> > Try it. You'll like it!
>
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