Re: Gum website update
Well, bless your heart, Don. Believe it or not, resin really is a natural product, and you can't get a DSL connection for a flat $10 a month. If I went on and on about the best gum preservative, or whatever-- would I be considered taking things too seriously, or does one get that label only if correcting you? And in case you missed my little smiley faces, so you know I'm not being too serious-- here's another: ;) On Sep 6, 2008, at 2:47 PM, Don Bryant wrote: Diana, Chill out! You take things to seriously. Don -----Original Message----- From: Diana Bloomfield [mailto:dhbloomfield@bellsouth.net] Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 1:10 PM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Re: Gum website update No, it really doesn't "all depend," Don. You show me a *flat* $10/ month DSL connection (and one that is more than a short-term introductory offer), and I'll be the first to step up and say I was wrong, and you're brilliant. But I'm here to tell you that you will *never* find a $10/month *flat rate* for a DSL connection-- not in *any* universe. I haven't had dial-up in years, and would certainly give up using a computer if I had to go back to one, so it's no big deal to me. I just think a misleading statement like that ought to be corrected. So there. :) I will add that I have a lightening fast DSL connection here, but even so-- some websites that are posted here on this list are slow to download for me (not speaking of the two that were just posted, however). So unless it's something I seriously want to view, I know I don't wait more than about 10 seconds, if that, for something to come up. I move on (and I suspect others do as well). For those folks, I'd think about making your images smaller, or doing whatever it takes to shorten that download time. As usual, my 2 cents. :) On Sep 6, 2008, at 12:32 PM, Don Bryant wrote:That all depends Diana. But whatever! Complaining about download times is passé. This is DSL universe now. -----Original Message----- From: Diana Bloomfield [mailto:dhbloomfield@bellsouth.net] Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 11:58 AM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Re: Gum website update Don, While I agree that DSL accounts are now relatively inexpensive, and I could/would never go back to dial-up-- that $10 per month requires that you are already a customer of whatever service is offering it (AT&T, for instance), along with some other attached strings. There is a "DSL lite," too, that is just as good as the regular DSL, in my experience. But to say that you can get a DSL account "for as little as $10 per month now" is slightly misleading. "DSL lite" costs are probably closer to $25-30 a month; our regular DSL is closer to $40/ month. As usual, there are some additional hidden costs-- no matter what service you're choosing. Diana On Sep 6, 2008, at 11:32 AM, Don Bryant wrote:Katharine,
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