[SATLUG] OT- C64 for sale

[Robert Pearson]

On 10/2/07, Sean Carolan <scarolan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The Linux Server (to drag this topic, kicking, scratching, clawing and
> > screaming back on-topic) is a PIII 733 w/256 meg of ram and 3 or 400 gig
> > of harddrive space, and it's fast enough to keep ahead of the cable
> > modem speeds...  *shrug*  how much 'faster' can computing go?
>
> Personally I wish it would go a LOT faster, at least the cable modem
> part of the equation.  It's embarrassing that 100mb/s symmetrical
> connections are available in Hong Kong for $50/month, while here in
> the USA we pay $50 a month for a crappy 384 kb/s uplink.
> --

Amen!
I wonder if it has to do with not having to work your way up from a
300 baud dial-up phone cradle modem over the finest telephone
infrastructure in the world?

The cell phone network overseas has more attractive features than here.