[AccessD] Moderator Message

It depends on where in the world you are.

In N.A. it isn't. It's usually a flat rate per month, but in other
countries that isn't the case.

Bryan

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:12 PM, William
Hindman<wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com> wrote:
> ...it was cost Max ...dial-up users were complaining about non-access
> material doubling and tripling their bills.
>
> ...but are per minute charges still the norm in internet dial-up access
> today?
>
> William
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Max Wanadoo" <max.wanadoo at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 1:55 PM
> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Moderator Message
>
>> Why is dial up an issue?
>> I am on mobile which  is slower than dial up.  Unless you are referring to
>> costs, in which case dial up probably would be a factor.
>> Whilst holding my hands up to the crime of getting carried away in the OT
>> discussion, I have two points of view.
>>
>> One is that I do enjoy the camaraderie that exists which in turn engenders
>> the spirit of helping and assistance to others and from this aspect I am
>> happy for ANYTHING which is IT related but not for stuff outside of IT -
>> OT
>> List is the place for that.
>>
>> The second is that if I were a NEWBIE looking to join a well informed list
>> I
>> *might* be put off by all the non-Access chatter.  Particularly as we are
>> without a decent Search Engine for postings.
>>
>> I can see both sides of the fence, so to speak.  Sitting here is putting
>> splinters up my bum.
>>
>> Even when stuff appears to be non-Access, it often exists hand in hand
>> with
>> Access and other IT software deployment.  A case in point was all the
>> stuff
>> over Virtual PCs and Security - all of which had a direct and real bearing
>> on my deployment of my Access FE and BE to make it more secure.  The stuff
>> over .Net etc is similarly influencing my Access stuff.
>>
>> Personally, I would say
>>
>> 1. Non-IT goes to OT.
>> 2. Any IT related matters should be allowed because many of them are short
>> lived.  But any Moderator can ask for it to be taken to dba-tech if it
>> looks
>> like running.  Listers should just honour the request without argument and
>> move it over - as Lambert said, it is so easy to merge email lists at
>> client
>> level it become almost transparent.
>> 3. Encourage more to join to keep Access which is fore-front in RAD as per
>> Stuart's comment on his web site.
>>
>> Max
>>
>> Enough argument - off to the pub.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bryan
>> Carbonnell
>> Sent: 05 August 2009 18:27
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Moderator Message
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:55 PM, William
>> Hindman<wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com> wrote:
>>
>>> ...as one of those responsible for initially splitting the lists, I
>> remember
>>> that bandwidth was a major driver since so many of our members were still
>> on
>>> dial up ...splitting the lists allowed them to get only the Access
>>> related
>>> posts without having to dl the rest over 56kb connections.
>>>
>>> ...that is no longer the case
>>
>> Maybe it is the case. Maybe not, I don't know.
>>
>> What I do know is there are still some of our more frequent
>> contributors that are still on dial-up.
>>
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