My old college roommate is outside Mancos, Colorado (between Durango and Cortez).
He uses satellite, which works okay - although he isn't running Linux (yet). On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 10:57:49 -0700 Andrew Mathews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill Day wrote: > > Andrew > > > > What is your "locale". I live in a rural, on easter side of Illinois, area > > approx 6 miles from town and have a 'broadband' wireless similiar to a > > lowend dsl for $49 a month install was $100 > > > > Included a wire mesh dish, the cable to the house(max. 100') and their > > modem. > > > > Average speeds are about 500 down and 128 up with absolutely no delay as in > > satellite... > > Of course this type of option may not be available to you, but there is also > > one called PrairieInet or somethign or other located in the midwest.. > > > > Just a comment.. > > > > Bill Day > > > <snip> > > Jemez Mountains, 45 miles west of Santa Fe NM. No chance of any line of > sight to any provider unless it's at least 45 degrees elevation in the > sky. <g> I had a wireless connection in Taos, but had to sacrifice it to > move to a beautiful area. Even the phone service is from a microwave > repeater on the top of the mountains. > I'm from IL myself, only on the western edge where we had a farm. I know > that line of sight is much easier to get on the plains than it is here. > Where are you from Hwy. 136? > > -- > Andrew Mathews > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 10:27am up 13 days, 19:50, 12 users, load average: 1.78, 1.68, 1.51 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > For 20 dollars, I'll give you a good fortune next time ... > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Alan K. Jackson | To see a World in a Grain of Sand | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, | | www.ajackson.org | Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand | | Houston, Texas | And Eternity in an hour. - Blake | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
