I am the only one left ...

[OkeeDon]

Yeah, but the only way I'd go back would be if I could take a GPS and Satphone with me to direct the helicopter emergency flight if I got injured at the linecamp.

To respond to other comments, as far as the authenticity of stuff on the web, it's no different than what's in print -- you have to consider the source. There are things available on the Internet at places like the Smithsonian and the Library of Congress, to name just two of perhaps millions, that can never be gotten from a book.

 

[TresCrows]

Yes, you probably are. I don't watch TV much either but do need the weather, stormwatch and things like that. With you on the DVDs.
I am considering ditching my phone as well and just having my cells phones. One thing though, then how do you get internet in an area with no cable? J

 

[yellowsocks93]

Hey I only think that as a student right now I don't find myself jumping to the interent to get info for reports. I guess I kind of old fashioned in this time of technology. I wish we could go back to the 80s. Or early 90s. What a great time that was. To bad I only got to spend a few years in it.

 

[higgy]

We diched our phones and we are in a rural area. We have a wifi set up even in the country here. It is great so far. It is nice to clip ma bells apron strings at long last.

Dane

 

[MikePA]

<font color="blue"> We have a wifi set up even in the country here. </font>
What do you use to connect to the Internet?

 

[MikePA]

<font color="blue">then how do you get internet in an area with no cable? </font>
There are only 3 ways I am aware of to connect someone to the Internet;

1. Phone line (dial up, xDSL, leased line)
2. Cable
3. Satellite

 

[Inspector507]

yellowsocks,
As bad as I hate the internet sometimes, I can't be without it, especially at work. A lot of the materials I see in my job are new to the market, The only place I can quickly get info/specs/listings is on the 'net. Some materials are so new, even the reps that sell it can't help much /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
The library's stock of reference materials are too much outdated for what I need NOW. I love to read though. I used to go the library at lunchtime to finish my lunch, only takes a few minutes in the truck to eat a greasy sandwich.
So, while I'm here at TBN alot, I'm usually on the internet doing research as well. Saying all that.......we have had cable access for a while now at home. Love it /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[TresCrows]

Yes, I am on dial up phone service for internet. No cable. I have not really looked into satellite service for internet etc. My TV is on Dish Network. I wonder if they have computer hookup? If I had satellite internet then I could dump the landline phone service once and for all. J

 

[OkeeDon]

I currently have two ways to hook up to the Internet -- cable and Nextel packet service. Of course, the limitation of the cable setup is that it can only be used where the cable is located. Since I move around a fair amount, I signed up for the Nextel packet service, which lets me access the Internet over my cell phone virtually anywhere there is a Nextel digital signal. Currently, that service runs at something like dial-up speeds, depending on what you're accessing. It actually runs at 19,200, but it's compressed at around a 3:1 ratio, so the effect is the same as a 56K connection. The virtual speed works as long as the stuff is not already compressed - zip files and highly compressed photos slow down to the actual 19.2K speed.

Later this year, Nextell will be introducing a high speed packet service that will run at an actual speed of 70K or so and a virtual speed of over 200K, which starts to approach broadband speeds.

Once we finish construction and move, we'll be cutting the ties to land lines and running on cell phones and satellite for the Internet. The problems I foresee are: some satellite TV functions require a phone line, and I don't know how to hook up a cell phone. Same for fax machines. There must be some easy conversion from a standard phone jack to a cell phone, but I haven't found it, yet.

 

[Junkman]

for fax service, consider e fax.com