Re: Re: BBS affected by Inter
By: Poindexter Fortran to Khelair on Thu Nov 27 2014 14:02:00

Or a satellite phone connected to a TRS-80 M100 laptop...

It's quite surprising that one may be pretty close to an urban center and still have no net access, or 3G access (they would have to put up a bay station just for you!).

Too bad those satellite phones are pricey to use, it's around 6 euros per minute here, compared to a 0.03 euros per minute for a POTS line.


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Re: Re: BBS affected by Inter
By: Gumbro to Poindexter Fortran on Fri Nov 28 2014 06:31 pm

Too bad those satellite phones are pricey to use, it's around 6 euros per minute here, compared to a 0.03 euros per minute for a POTS line.

I have a stash of them at work, we save them for execs who are going to be out of coverage. When I need to deploy one it's fun to dig one out, charge it, go out to the campus quad and fold out the antenna. I'll usually look around furtively, call my cohort's cell phone and report a series of number strings into the phone while watching my back.

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Re: Re: BBS affected by Inter
By: Poindexter Fortran to Gumbro on Mon Dec 22 2014 06:54:48

I have a stash of them at work, we save them for execs who are going to be out of coverage. When I need to deploy one it's fun to dig one out, charge it, go out to the campus quad and fold out the antenna. I'll usually look around furtively, call my cohort's cell phone and report a series of number strings into the phone while watching my back.

Well played, good sir. I am green with envy.

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