On Jun 10, 2011, at 10:04 AM, Scott Brim wrote: > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 09:47, Chris Adams <cmad...@hiwaay.net> wrote: >> I'd go so far as to say "user failure". If I wanted cable TV >> (especially if I needed it at home as part of my job), I wouldn't >> buy/rent/lease/whatever a home without checking that cable TV is >> available at that location. > > Yeah, he messed up, but the social problem is still real. The > Internet is now more important than electricity or water -- you can go > off the grid or dig your own well, but more and more you can't get a > job or talk to the government without web access and email. >
I have an off-the-grid location I can go to. I can get internet access there with a VZ MIFI at speeds of 1Mb/s. What I can't get is a software update over that service to keep my devices secure. The 5GB data cap gets in the way. The current set of iphone/ipad firmware updates are about 700mb per device. Not counting the latest combo updater (or incremental) for MacOS. (Hopefully with the 5.0 software announced they will do OTA updates on a different APN that doesn't count against ones data limits). I don't use windows so not sure what those weigh in at, but they're bound to be a few hundred megs. - Jared
