From: david.rance@SPAMOFFrance.org.uk   
      
   On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Day Brown wrote:   
      
   >I live in the Ozarks,   
      
   "Ozarks"?   
      
   > and we see the local ISP crash every month or so.   
   >We use two different ISPs on that account. There are also regional   
   >effects, hurricanes, quakes, power grid failure, and perhaps even WMD.   
    >   
   ^^^^^^   
      
   You must be in America! ;-)   
      
   >Someone mentioned that modems are getting rare. And packet radio was   
   >mentioned too. both are pretty obsolete. But some kind of long range   
   >wireless would seem to be prudent.   
      
   Why not use satellite?   
      
   David   
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