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capt.bill11 capt.bill11 is offline
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Default Venice, FL bad water cop

On Feb 21, 9:22 am, Jeff wrote:
xorbit wrote:

Maybe back in the day when people paid by the byte or only had very low
bandwidth. It made a big difference then. But today it doesn't matter.


So try moving out of the 80s and get something faster than a 300 baud
modem.


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Perhaps wannabe armchair cruisers like you always have the latest
terrabaud service in their home, but those of us who actually go
sailing have to make do with slower devices.



But if you're cruising you've got all the time in the world.
Right? :-)