[libreoffice-users] Re: top and bottom - again. was (Re: Re: new article - with quote from TDF.......)

On 6/2/11 9:17 AM, Roland Hughes wrote:

Hi, Roland,

No personal insults, hits, bad vibes, etc. are intended, but here's some 
points you may not have considered.

> While there may be a few people
> in the U.S. still on dial up,

I think that depends on the "number" of people, percentage wise if you 
prefer, that you associate with the word "few".  :-)  Personally, I 
think there are far more people (numerically) still on dial up than many 
people think.  My view may be a bit skewed, as I do live in an area 
where many people, *if* they can afford a computer, only have the dialup 
option.

> unless they are unemployed or on a
> seriously fixed income, there is no excuse for it.

You can be employed and not be able to afford it, sadly.  Between the 
two of us, we could probably come up with at least 25 valid scenarios 
where the high speed option is not possible or even valid and supportable.

> For around $60/month
> Verizon has wireless broadband plans that let you have 5Gig of high
> speed traffic each month.This is a vast improvement from the HughesNet
> (formerly DirecPC) satellite service I used to pay $100/month for and
> endure 100Meg/day limit.

Until about a month ago, dialup and satellite were the "only games in town".

> Satellite Internet service is available world wide, even in places like
> Pakistan and Afghanistan.  Wireless broadband follows the cell phone
> markets.  While you may not have access to 4G speed and bandwidth, you
> will have access to speeds far faster than dial up.

While it may be technologically available in Pakistan and Afghanistan 
(just using your examples, but I'm speaking worldwide generally), how 
far away is the tech to install your dish and fix your problems?   :-)

When it comes to our perspective of availability, we often think of that 
as a percentage of the population, when we should be including the 
geographical component also.  I have a cell phone, but rarely use it 
since I have no signal.  So, I'm counted as part of the population that 
has a cell phone, but I don't have "access" to it.  Do you see the 
difference?

Web page designers don't help either when it comes to accessing and 
using the internet.  :-(

But, that's another topic.   :-)

--
Ken

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