Life online (was AIM)

[Jo]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., foxmoth at q... wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., dfrankiswork at n... wrote:
> 
> > Seriously, what is it like for you all out there?  I
> > I get the impression everyone in America has their 
> top-of-the-range  computer (with tousands of pixels each way for 
> easy cut-and-paste for  snipping, combining, and spell checking) 
> sitting in the corner  permanently online with a high bandwidth 
> fibroptic connection, so  they can pop over and read the latest 
> emails, IMs etc between baby feeds/client meetings/lectures, 
> reply in a couple of ticks, and go on.<<


Here in my little community in Central Texas we don't have access to 
DSL.  I do have a separate line for my computer, but most of my 
friends and family who are on line do not.  As a matter of fact many 
of my friends and family don't even own a computer. The local server 
we have is over worked so that many nights we can't get on line until 
after 10:00 PM. Often we are kicked off when the traffic is heavy.  I 
think in larger cities and university towns service is probably 
better, but you take what you can get if you live elsewhere.

Professor Phlash