[Lincs] Worries About The Future Of The Group...

Dave Pearson davep at davep.org
Wed Aug 18 14:36:41 BST 2004


* Chris Neale <lug at cdn.uklinux.net> [2004-08-18 11:51:08 +0100]:

> On Wednesday 18 Aug 2004 11:38, Peter Cooper wrote:
>
> > On the topic of connecting.. are there really people here who still pay
> > by the minute for connections? No offence intended, but I'd have
> > imagined anyone particularly interested in Linux would use the net for
> > more than the twenty or so hours a month where it becomes worthwhile to
> > go unmetered (downloading patches and various bits of software takes
> > that long at least)? Could be wrong though!
> 
> even then, it's still slow : )

And, on top of that, having an un-metered connection isn't the same as
having exclusive use of a phone line.

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Dave Pearson
http://www.davep.org/



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