[Rhodes22-list] Computer update.

anima13 anima13 at bellsouth.net
Wed Feb 25 06:07:49 EST 2004



Micheal,
Sometimes (manytimes) your misspelling is
just such a pun!
Anne


god for you.

MJM

----- Original Message -----
From: <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:51 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Computer update.


> Well, we finally did it. Yesterday we had a DirecWay satellite dish
> installed. This is not the small 18" dish we were used to, but it's almost
three feet
> across. This monster allows us to have two seperate TV's running different
> programs and most of important, it gave us a broadband connection to the
internet.
> We also set up a wireless network, so every computer in the house is
always
> connected, including my wife's laptop when she's sitting outside.
> It was rather expensive, around $720 for the dish, modem and installation.
> Our wireless equipment was about another $300 or so. It was absolutely
worth it.
> If you have always had a phone modem, you can't believe the difference the
> speed will make. I did a 1 1/2 hour downlaod in four minutes.
> E-mail attachments go very quickly. So far we haven't had a single problem
> with this baby. I would have to say that it was worth every penny. This
isn't
> for everyone I understand, but we had absolutely no other option available
to
> us. We live in a somewhat rural area and the local cable company doesn't
offer
> an internet connection. The phone company doesn't have any plans in the
near
> future of upgrading the equipment out here, so we were stuck.
> The installers knew exactly what they were doing. Two thumbs up for this
> hardware.
>
> Rummy
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