Subj : Packet Radio
To   : Raymundo
From : Angus Mcleod
Date : Fri Apr 29 2005 09:11 pm

  Re: Packet Radio
  By: Raymundo to Angus Mcleod on Fri Apr 29 2005 03:02:00

 >  > Frankly, 'packet' was/is crap -- a waste of time, space, and bandwidth.
 >  > Unfortunately.  Because it's *great* technology.....
 >
 > Not crap. I can remember when my resources were not so great and the Interne
 > was in its humble commecialization beginnings and I was one of few people in
 > our area with Internet access. Dial-up of course, but once or few times my
 > phone was disconnected for lack of payment, but because of packet radio and
 > the N0ARY bbs and packet gateway into the Internet I could still do Internet
 > e-mail. Slower yes, but still effective. Packet radio was an aid to the now
 > existing Internet and hams have always been involved.

Don't take this wrong, but I could care less if you have internet access 
or not.  I certainly don't see amateur radio as a mechanism for you to get 
online on the cheap!

Like I said, packet radio is great technology.  Technology that is misused 
by every jerk who thinks that it would be cool to put up a node and 
forward 17-month old ARRL bulletins back and forth, around the world, over 
and over again.  You only have to monitor some of the traffic on HF to 
realise what a complete waste of time and bandwidth packet really is.  


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