From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 21 10:45:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA03171 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 10:45:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us [169.244.111.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA03159 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 10:45:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) Received: from celeris (56k-port4000.ime.net [209.90.195.10]) by Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (8.9.1/8.8.8-Loki) with SMTP id NAA03966; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:44:48 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) X-Server-ID: Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us, OCSNet - Orland Maine USA X-Coord-Name: Drew "Droobie" Baxter, OneNetwork Exchange X-Coord-Addr: Droobie@Openlink.orland.me.us X-Coord-Pager: USA: 207-471-2719, http://pagedroo.orland.me.us Message-Id: <4.1.19981221134109.00a84bd0@genesis.ispace.com> X-Sender: netmonger@genesis.ispace.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:41:58 -0500 To: Brett Glass , Ollivier Robert , chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: Drew Baxter Subject: Re: Cool, A White Snowy Christmas in Sunnyvale, California 8) In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981221101242.06cd8f10@mail.lariat.org> References: <19981221081944.C9745@keltia.freenix.fr> <4.1.19981220213341.009a9160@genesis.ispace.com> <4.1.19981220152518.00ac53d0@genesis.ispace.com> <199812202020.MAA46296@rah.star-gate.com> <4.1.19981220152518.00ac53d0@genesis.ispace.com> <19981220235019.A6362@keltia.freenix.fr> <4.1.19981220213341.009a9160@genesis.ispace.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 10:14 AM 12/21/98 -0700, Brett Glass wrote: >At 08:19 AM 12/21/98 +0100, Ollivier Robert wrote: > >>The main problem is that it makes 24h/day connections virtually impossible >>to get. We have no choice :-( > >I sympathize. I'd be glad to rent you cheap Web server space if you need >it.... Even give you some. As for connectivity for browsing: What about >satellite? > >--Brett Hmm I'm going to throw in that www.vsat.net is an interesting place to look for Satellite connectivity.. They do 2mb down/128K up if I recall via the VSAT technology designed by Hughes back in the 1970's.. The Boy Scout Jamboree used this technology some 2 years ago.. --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA http://www.droo.orland.me.us PGP ID: 409A1F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message