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Offline Highmac

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« on: January 25, 2011, 02:04:27 AM »
Want to watch a film? Download in just two days. Download speed of 0.13Mb.....

Bet they'd even be envious of Frances biggrin.gif
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« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2011, 09:19:17 AM »
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Railway Hill in Kent has really hit the buffers.
Groaner.gif "A pun is its own reword."

I suspect the problem is either a kink in the wires or a badly bent interwebs pipe! Certainly a clog somewhere! Call the interweb plumbers!!! yes.gif

OTOH, I recall a secretary claiming that the download of QuickTime would take several hours. Then she showed me the dialog she would get at the request to download. Sure enough, that is what the dialog said...for at least the first few seconds! Sure enough, letting the download actually proceed allowed the estimated time continually decrease, exponentially, until it stabilized at a few minutes. wallbash.gif rolleyes.gif
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« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2011, 11:45:12 AM »
Ahem!

Though tbh our broadband speed is steam driven at times and it keeps turning itself off.  Very aggravating.
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« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2011, 05:26:04 PM »
But Frances, I'm sure you recall from basic physics that electrical signals travel slower across a channel of water than land. You might want to see if there is a service offering air-delivered interwebing? dntknw.gif tongue.gif

Just returned to let you know I signed that petition! What a horrendous name those "developers" came up with!!! rolleyes.gif
« Last Edit: January 26, 2011, 12:50:11 AM by Highmac »
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THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF COUNTRIES
Those that use metric = #1 Measurement system
And the United States = The Banana system
CAUTION! Childhood vaccinations cause adults! :yes:

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« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2011, 12:49:34 AM »
Frances - petition signed. "Noho"? It doesn't even mean anything. Somebody just chucked a few letters on a Scrabble board.... mad.gif
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