Your post reminded me that I have been longing for more speed and have just about got my husband convinced that it would be o.k. We have a satellite dish with Dish Network. I am pretty sure I could get high speed with them. G, since you are using the satellite, do you often have problems with weather breaking up the signal? I think the guy who recently upgraded our equipment told me it would cost about $50. a month. Is that about right? And did you have to purchase any additional equipment? Sandi ----- Original Message ----- From: "GMan" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 2:32 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: OT > Sandy, > You almost say that as if I wouldn't remember you. I remember a couple > of times where I sent replies to Sandi and spelled it with a final 'y' > because I was confusing the two of you. I think I may have even sent you > a > reply with a final 'i', just to keep it fair. ;O} > > I'm the one who took you (and everyone else) off of Vacation mode > (FreeLists' version of No Mail until I initiated some time limits). At > that > time, we had more memberships on Vacation than we had actually using the > group. While I knew that there would be perhaps up to 5 folks who > actually > WERE on vacation, the rest had basically abandoned the group, forgotten > about their membership or were lost & didn't have any idea why they were > no > longer getting messages. At the risk of ticking off the true vacationers, > I > wanted to give the rest of you 'folks in hiding' a chance to get back in > the > game. I'm glad you chose to do just that. I'm also really glad to hear > that you've upgraded to a much faster speed. > > As for me, I moved from Philly to rural Michigan and found myself > living > in an area where we couldn't even get phone service for just about 3 > years. > That took me offline for all of that time (an incredibly exasperating > experience), but it kinda gave me a chance to 'recharge my batteries', so > to > speak. Throughout my absence, the Mod Squad (our illustrious group > moderators/co-owners) and especially Keyboard Cowboy (you may remember him > as 'Master NetLord'), did a fantastic job of keeping the group moving > forward. I was able to finally get a phone and dial-up service in late > '06 > and have been trying to keep up ever since. I eventually had a satellite > dish hooked up, but it's extremely expensive for the amount of speed and > bandwidth they provide. Still, I'm really enjoying the country living > (except for when the farmers spread various 'fertilizer' compounds) and > don't think I could ever fully return to city life. lol > > Peace, > GMan > http://reddit.com > "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!" > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------