http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/07/14/early-report-about-internet/ Learning stuff since 1964 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:09:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/07/14/early-report-about-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-26751 Wesley Fryer Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:12:07 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/07/14/early-report-about-internet/#comment-26751 Good point Brenda... I am certainly showing my lack of perspective on rural dialup. Thanks for pointing this out. I know some satellite-based high speed Internet options like <a href="http://www.wildblue.com/" rel="nofollow">WildBlue</a> are continuing to mature, but there are still plenty of folks who remain on dialup by necessity rather than choice. Good point Brenda… I am certainly showing my lack of perspective on rural dialup. Thanks for pointing this out. I know some satellite-based high speed Internet options like WildBlue are continuing to mature, but there are still plenty of folks who remain on dialup by necessity rather than choice.

]]> http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/07/14/early-report-about-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-26749 Brenda M Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:27:42 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/07/14/early-report-about-internet/#comment-26749 Hey! Where I live in central Illinois we don't just "remember" the sound of the modem connecting over the phone line.....Lots of folks in my area are still using dial up! Rural areas are rough that way! Hey! Where I live in central Illinois we don’t just “remember” the sound of the modem connecting over the phone line…..Lots of folks in my area are still using dial up! Rural areas are rough that way!

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