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Re: [OM] Earthlink Outage ?dial up? Means?

Subject: Re: [OM] Earthlink Outage ?dial up? Means?
From: Piers Hemy <piers.hemy@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 22:11:44 +0000
Why I do as instructed, Jez, and steer well clear!
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From: olympus <olympus-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on 
behalf of Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 2:22:27 PM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] Earthlink Outage ?dial up? Means?

Oh poor Piers! What do you do in all the shops proudly displaying signs
that they are “practiCing social distancing”?!!!

On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 at 10:44, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 2GB?? If it had been anybody else, AG, I would have questioned whether that
> was a typo for 2Gb!
>
> I am getting rather tired of sales calls from a fibre network provider
> offering a super-duper package of high-speed 300Megabytes/second
> connection.
> I correct them to megabits, and then they just revert to what they said at
> the outset. If you don't understand what you are trying to sell, you ain't
> going to sell much.
>
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus <olympus-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
> Behalf Of Ken Norton
> Sent: 15 February 2021 21:30
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [OM] Earthlink Outage ?dial up? Means?
>
> >      American web page designers want to be as high-tech as possible to
> impress themselves, the users, and the rest of the world, while others want
> to convey information to the lowest common denominator, such as those with
> dialup service.
>
> Here in Alaska, we have many remote communities that have either
> satellite or microwave network backhaul. To get ANY semblance of
> usability, we have to resort to a lot of very creative (and expensive)
> tricks to give the users a decent experience.
>
> But on the other hand, I'll have 2GB Internet access here at my house
> shortly. :)
>
> AK Schnozz
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