Bob,

>Jerry and Craig,
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>I agree with you about the UT eye candy, Jerry, and am in sympathy with Craig and his poor phone lines. I live in a rural area with really terrible phone lines, even with a good 56K modem the best I can connect at is 26.4. The UT is taking longer and longer to load as more "features" are added.
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>Our phone company, Verizon, seems to have very little interest in providing any sort of broadband service to the area. I have looked at two-way satellite but the present costs are just too high, maybe they will drop in the future.
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>Take heart though, I manage my way through most of my internet surfing without unbearable frustration. I draw the line at downloads larger than about 4 megs |:>).

But you gain the benefit of being able to go outside on a nice evening, take a nice deep breath and look at the stars while waiting for those downloads. <g>

There are benefits all around to being in a rural area IMO. <g>

I too suffer from a lack of adequate services.. I may be able to get a 6-800kbs wireless connection shortly. We'll see..