Why continue to complain about something you can't change? It started out to be
5 wpm for novice, 13 wpm for General and 21 wpm for Extra.

It is now 5 wpm for ALL. Until they drop the REQUIREMENT, it is still there.

Go for the no-code tset and keep trying.
Your outhe option is a sat-phone.

Leonard
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