I was irritated to discover it is cheaper to buy a ticket from China to Hawaii than it is from Hawaii to China. Same airports! We are taken advantage of way too often. I have considered living overseas several times but, I am so anti-authoritarian... and somewhat chicken.
Thank You for the clarification. On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Howard White <hwh...@vcch.com> wrote: > On 01/27/2014 09:03 AM, Bill Woody wrote: > >> Gee, Howard. That really sounds like a troll. But, I know you to be one >> of the more pleasant keyboards on this list. Therefore, it must be me. >> What did I miss? Be nice. >> >> > Sorry if I caught you out there a bit, Bill. I do appreciate that you > kept your comments toned down. > > The point of my remark regarding "my country of domicile" has more to do > with the trade-offs of faster internet speed versus other considerations. > I have no idea what internet access is like in Argentina (never been > there) but they have other problems. Taiwan seems like a pretty difficult > place to fit in. ;) > > As for why some countries have cheaper internet, we've had some good > discussion here. Yes, population density has a great deal to do with the > situation. We could have spirited discussion as to which countries > subsidize their communications companies how: government owned PTTs or > other silliness. The "price" is not the price, in so many words. > > Living waaaaaay out in the sticks, I have one real choice. Just now I'm > having issues with that one choice. It took "them" over six weeks to fix a > downed pole blown out by the nasty storm before Christmas. We were having > "blinks" well before that pole got whacked. > > Jerry touches a very sore nerve with me regarding the "competition" in > telecommunications. Recent FCC initiatives seem to think that competition > is one phone company, one cable company and a few cell providers. > Balderdash! > > Likewise, the Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs) aka Regional Bell > Operating Companies (RBOCs) that have now been reduced to AT&T and Verizon > (Century Link bought out Qwest but they don't count) are ditching all land > lines unless the premise wants to pay $1000 - $1500 per month for fiber; > but only if you ask nicely. Other than that, you may have some miserable > wireless. > > Jack said it correctly: fair is where on rides the Ferris Wheel, and if I > may add - this is right (waving my right hand...). > > Howard, Grumpy, White > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
