The state here threatened Fairpoint, sure, but then there is RL. And
economics. And money. The hacks in Montpeculiar understand money.
We keep the landline in case all the cell coverage blows up and/or the
zombie hordes start overrunning the state from the collapsing ruins of
Megalopolis south
David Hardy writes:
> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> >
> > Didn't know the Internet reached all the way up in Northern Vermont.
>
> It doesn't, actually. Many areas up here are still without internet at all,
> or they have dial-up/modem, and/or no cell phone access. A fe
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Wow, that is kind of unreal. I was in the Chelmsford area a few years ago
for RH cert training and I was under the impression that it is a very busy
and built-up area and I would have just assumed (and we all know what that
spells) that cable and internet service is ubiquitous there.
Up here I hav
> Holland, MA is roughly only a 90-minute haul from Boston and right
> off the Pike, and yet Union, CT is further down in the CT sticks
> and they had the cable service. Not much rhyme nor reason to it
> up here, either.
There's baffling availability patterns in the `burbs as well
as out in the
Interesting; Holland, MA is roughly only a 90-minute haul from Boston and
right off the Pike, and yet Union, CT is further down in the CT sticks and
they had the cable service. Not much rhyme nor reason to it up here,
either.
Our pols and media types occasionally wax all warm and fuzzy about ext
A friend of mine used to live in Holland, Ma (next to Sturbridge). They
had no cable, and a call to an ISP was long distance. He signed up for
satellite Internet until Dish network screwed the company. In any case,
Larry subsequently moved down the street to Union, Ct where they did
have cable.
Cur
It doesn't, actually. Many areas up here are still without internet at all,
or they have dial-up/modem, and/or no cell phone access. A few party-line
phone systems, too. As late as the 60s, three-quarters of the roads up
here were unpaved.
And only a four-drive from Boston.
The pols and hacks
I actually saw the newscast :-). Didn't know the Internet reached all
the way up in Northern Vermont.
On 08/03/2011 04:08 PM, David Hardy wrote:
> I remember the Henning story being broadcast, extremely amusing.
>
> On a somewhat related note, there have been persistent rumors, along the
> line