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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

It is about my download speed.  I connect via dialup, but only at 26kbps 
maximum because of the old phone lines and the distance from the 
switching office.  My average download speed is about 18KILObytes per 
second.  You guys by comparison, are in the hundreds if not thousands or 
higher.  I think the average broadband speed is higher than 2 MEGAbytes 
per second.  At that rate, a page that loads in a blink for you takes 
minutes for me, actually, what you get in one second, I get in 2 or 3 
minutes,. A 15 second news clip can take 30 minutes, etc.  Even emails 
with pictures attached is tough for me.  So, it is not just youtube, it 
is almost all non-text pages and stuff.  That is why I always appreciate 
you guys looking at stuff for me.  I'm not just being lazy, I swear!  My 
only other internet alternative is satellite, which would be over 
$65/month, a price I can't afford.  No cable or DSL available here.

Bev

Jeanne Driese wrote:
> On dial up videos are almost as long to download as youtube! 

> This video is of the guy Gene mnetioned the other day (Maccarthur
> award winner).  I know bev said she can't watch youtube.  This is not
> youtube.  

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