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A quick check of this forum section doesn't show the question that interests me, that being "Who Lives Rural?", an exercise in demographics.
I guess this is a sort of survey, please answer as it interests you.
1. Who lives in a rural location, ie. more than 20 km (12 miles) from the nearest village, town or city?
2. What quality of internet connection service is available to you (eg. dialup, cable broadband, wireless b/b, satellite b/b), and what sort of speed?
3. What issues relating to your connection type give you cause for concern or irritation?
4. How does living 'rural' affect your use of the internet, your Mac, its maintenance, and tech services available to you?
Okay, enough of the questions. Since I asked, I'll start:
1. I live in a rural situation, surrounded on three sides by farmland, and on the fourth by the sea. The nearest town of any significance is 25 km (16 miles) away. The nearest city is 70 km (44 miles) away. The travel terrain is hilly, even mountainous.
2. I have copper cable b/band connection to a radio shack (microwave telephone exchange) some 70 metres away. Transmission of b'band is by m'wave, but it 'piggy-backs' the analog phone line transmission.
3. Congestion of the exchange, and too many servers in between my computer and my ISP, some 350 km (220 miles) away. Service can be slow at times, my connection plan is 256/128.
4. I'm highly dependent on internet for connection to many of my contacts, incl Mac-Forums. I've learned to be largely self-sufficient in terms of Mac maintenance, but the nearest Mac tech is but 70 km away. I do a lot of news searches and shopping, including planning thereof, online.
I guess this is a sort of survey, please answer as it interests you.
1. Who lives in a rural location, ie. more than 20 km (12 miles) from the nearest village, town or city?
2. What quality of internet connection service is available to you (eg. dialup, cable broadband, wireless b/b, satellite b/b), and what sort of speed?
3. What issues relating to your connection type give you cause for concern or irritation?
4. How does living 'rural' affect your use of the internet, your Mac, its maintenance, and tech services available to you?
Okay, enough of the questions. Since I asked, I'll start:
1. I live in a rural situation, surrounded on three sides by farmland, and on the fourth by the sea. The nearest town of any significance is 25 km (16 miles) away. The nearest city is 70 km (44 miles) away. The travel terrain is hilly, even mountainous.
2. I have copper cable b/band connection to a radio shack (microwave telephone exchange) some 70 metres away. Transmission of b'band is by m'wave, but it 'piggy-backs' the analog phone line transmission.
3. Congestion of the exchange, and too many servers in between my computer and my ISP, some 350 km (220 miles) away. Service can be slow at times, my connection plan is 256/128.
4. I'm highly dependent on internet for connection to many of my contacts, incl Mac-Forums. I've learned to be largely self-sufficient in terms of Mac maintenance, but the nearest Mac tech is but 70 km away. I do a lot of news searches and shopping, including planning thereof, online.