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From: Eeyore on 16 Nov 2006 08:59 JoeBloe wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: > >JoeBloe wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: > >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> >Well, Eeyore, this would belie the assertion that she lives too far from a > >> >> >population center to get decent DSL. > >> >> > >> >> I live in a town. There is no DSL line strung. > >> >> You people are starting to get really annoying. > >> > > >> >DSL comes down an ordinary telephone line ! > >> > > >> >Graham > >> > >> Wrong. > >> > >> ADSL REQUIRES a minimum of an ISDN switched POTS line. > >> That means that the customer's first switch has to be ISDN for his > >> area to be an ASDL capable area. THEN his Plain Old Telephone Service > >> line will do DSL. > > > >Most lines in the UK go direct to the exchange. > > Whoopie doo. > > > A POTS line does indeed carry ADSL. > > No, they do not. They do here ! > Digital switchgear is required at the first > switch. Not all POTS segments here have that in place, and they are > NOT ADSL available areas. The digital bit is in the exchange. > >BT actually have to *remove* any previous ISDN bits and pieces to ADSL enable a > >line. > > They probably had some UK slightly different version of ISDN > switchgear, just like you have a different version of television. > That doesn't change the fact that ADSL is not functional on > non-digitally switched service segments. The 'segment' isn't an issue here. Graham
From: Eeyore on 16 Nov 2006 08:59 JoeBloe wrote: > On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:25:54 +0000, Eeyore > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: > > >How big does a room *need* to be ? I've no family to worry about. > > If that is the case then what would you even need seven rooms for? > If I was alone, and had 1000 sq ft of space, I certainly wouldn't hack > away my space into seven rooms when 5 would do fine. > > Living > Dining > Kitchen > Bath > Bedroom > > I guess you've got laundry and library? Add office and guest room. Graham
From: jmfbahciv on 16 Nov 2006 08:58 In article <4559CCFD.54F42FDC(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >In the above you seem to think that poorer ppl *really could* pay say $300 >> >p.m. >> >for drugs. I say they simply don't have the kind of income to afford it >> >withoutstarving. >> >> You are making too many assumptions. EAch sentence assumes different >> aged people. > >I made no asumptions. You did however. > > >> > How about someone on that minimum wage job for example ? >> >> Here you seem to assume that all people who work at >> a minimum wage job will always work for that money, never >> get salary nor benefit increases, nor work at better-paying jobs. > >No. You're trying to dodge the question. > >I'm asking " How about someone on that minimum wage job for example ? " as in >.... they're on a minimum wage NOW - not at some hypothetical point in the future >after their wages have increased. You keep ignoring the fact that everybody starts out at a low wage in their working life. As they age, they should be getting life experience that is salable for more money. You do keep ignoring that krw was talking about kids who start working at minimum wage levels; these people do not have to feed themselves, pay rent and all the other expenses of living independently. /BAH
From: Eeyore on 16 Nov 2006 09:08 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Why should I waste good CPU cycles for things I don't want? Maybe these days they're just so cheap and fast it just doesn't matter ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 16 Nov 2006 09:09
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > |||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk wrote: > > >What is a bad ISP day? > > Currently, a bad ISP day is taking 20 mintues to download 100 headers > of a newsgroup. I still haven't figured out the incantations and > superstitions to avoid that. Another one is a very strange > habit of the ISP software going on a coffee break every 10 minutes > of wallclock time. This one is happening all over but we haven't > figured out why the delay mechanisms have been set in. You have a rubbish ISP - that's what's happening ( or a truly very rubbish news server ). Yet you seem to believe you're getting good service ! Graham |