The tech guys at one of the local ISPs I was looking into tells me that the reason AOL is so slow (at least around here) is that they have no concept of the actual population distribution out here in the sticks and they wind up expecting a handful of servers to handle several thousand users. I considered the local library's internet hookup, which is only ten dollars a month, but it's run entirely by volunteers so you have to wait for them to get to you eventually. Also, the guy I talked to sounded like he resented the fact that the users actually *use* the system. :/
By the way, I've been talking to people from the big cities in the past couple of days in the course of fixing various technical difficulties with my phone and it reminded me of something that seems normal to me but freaks city people out, so I thought I'd try to freak you out.
Did I ever tell you that there are only five stop lights in Clinton? I *think* (and no, I'm not making this up) that there are seven in Henry County as a whole. Two of them are the blinking four-way lights, of course.
That would actually freak me out except I grew up in a town that had no more than 10,000 people when I left there for college, so about 5 lights (all on the main drag) sounds about right. :) I do miss that peace and quiet.
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Re: Hi Lor!
The tech guys at one of the local ISPs I was looking into tells me that the reason AOL is so slow (at least around here) is that they have no concept of the actual population distribution out here in the sticks and they wind up expecting a handful of servers to handle several thousand users. I considered the local library's internet hookup, which is only ten dollars a month, but it's run entirely by volunteers so you have to wait for them to get to you eventually. Also, the guy I talked to sounded like he resented the fact that the users actually *use* the system. :/
By the way, I've been talking to people from the big cities in the past couple of days in the course of fixing various technical difficulties with my phone and it reminded me of something that seems normal to me but freaks city people out, so I thought I'd try to freak you out.
Did I ever tell you that there are only five stop lights in Clinton? I *think* (and no, I'm not making this up) that there are seven in Henry County as a whole. Two of them are the blinking four-way lights, of course.
Re: Hi Lor!