 Remote B.C. town loses Internet access indefinitely In an age when quality of life includes being connected to the Internet, residents of a British Columbia town say they've gone back 20 years after service was cut off indefinitely.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 2 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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Those found engaged in this unusal activity were quickly taken into custody by authorities. "Direct interaction with others is very difficult for us to monitor, we are suspicious of what these people may be trying to hide" said CSIS is a public statement.
Anyone ever heard of Xplorenet? They provide internet service via satellite for the ones living off grid.
Yeah but IIRC it costs a fortune and the speeds are so slow it's not good for much.
Anyone ever heard of Xplorenet? They provide internet service via satellite for the ones living off grid.
It's shit. Might as well send messages via pigeon as it'll be faster.
Anyone ever heard of Xplorenet? They provide internet service via satellite for the ones living off grid.
Yeah but IIRC it costs a fortune and the speeds are so slow it's not good for much.
9600 BPS, tops. Good if you have to be in the jungles of deepest, darkest Africa. Not so great logging into Friendster.
Those found engaged in this unusal activity were quickly taken into custody by authorities. "Direct interaction with others is very difficult for us to monitor, we are suspicious of what these people may be trying to hide" said CSIS is a public statement.
What's scary about your bit of satire here is that I can easily imagine it being real.
Came within a red you-know-what of doing the same with my WISP a couple years ago, but luckily for this town I more or less gave it away at the last minute.
It just isn't possible to service, collect from and keep up with rocketing customer bandwidth demands unless you're a HUGE company. In the end, you're tied to an incredibly expensive telco connection that even they have difficulty supplying.
As far as satellite and cell based connections, go ahead. You pay those prices for limited data and dial-up era upload speeds. You'll really enjoy online gaming with those 1000mz ping times too!
Back to the future: B.C. town gets its Internet back