MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Sun Jul 30 02:37:36 CDT 2006
So I exaggerate a little bit, I have an optic cable that comes ashore from US about a 1/4 mile down the beach from me, but the microwave towers to Vancouver used to fail often in winter storms until that cable came in 3 years ago. However go north about a hundred miles, it is either satellite or wireless antennas strung across mountain valleys. Most of the remote Indian communities are getting broadband and TV access via satellite dishes. These places are remote, the only way in is by plane or boat on the west coast of the island, no highways, no roads. Jim Lawrence wrote: >Hi Marty: > >I would not really classify Victoria on the island as in the boonies, with a >population of over 300,000 and Vancouver, 20 miles away as the crow-flies >with a population of over 2,000,000... (It is amazing what you can find in >Wikipedia.) > >Jim > >-----Original Message----- >From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of MartyConnelly >Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 5:51 PM >To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >Subject: Re: [AccessD] OFFICE 2007 BETA to start CHARGING small fee to >download > >Hey, I am out in the boonies on a Pacific Island too, but I am only >200 miles from Redmond as the crow flies. >You can order a CD for $7.50- $10 AUD and a one week turnaround. > >You don't have access to phone upload, satellite download ? >or even two-way satellite from BigPond? Their coverage footprint >should go that far north. Hughes covers US, Hawaii, Mexico and parts of >Canada >You would get 512k/256k speeds for what you are paying. >Or is there some other policy or installation glitch? > >http://my.bigpond.com/internetplans/broadband/satellite/2_way_plans/default. >jsp > > > > > >Stuart McLachlan wrote: > > > >>On 29 Jul 2006 at 10:59, MartyConnelly wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>>For you starving students out there. >>> >>>Woodyswatch has stated that there will be a $1.50 fee to download >>>each of the Office 2007 Betas starting 6PM PST Aug 2. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Big deal.... >> >> >> >> >> >>>The downloads are between 500MB for Office to 250MB for MS Project >>> >>> >>> >>> >>That would cost me between $150 and $75 in download charges. What's another >> >> > > > >>$1.50? >> >>And it would be twice as much if I, like most people in PNG, was using >> >> >dial- > > >>up and also paying phone connection charges (I'm one of "lucky" ones who >>can get a 128Kb radiolink for only $200 per month - plus of course the >>$0.30 per Mb ) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- Marty Connelly Victoria, B.C. Canada