Subj : looking at getting Nomad
To   : Rob Mccart
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Mar 25 2021 19:17:00

Hello Rob!

** On Thursday 25.03.21 - 00:56, you wrote to me:

 AA>> OK.. then we are fellow Canadian neighbours (Ontariariaons),

 RM> I think you missed an 'ari' in there..    B)

:D  ..ah! so you are familiar with the term.  :D


 RM> ...the orignal Bell Box was designed to use Party Lines, 4 users
 RM> per line, and later they went to 2 users hidden from each other so you
 RM> couldn't tell but it cut the data transmission rate in half under all
 RM> conditions.

Then you indeed have (had) much older boxes to deal with. Here,  
it was party line with a total of 3 or 4 house-holds  
(distinctive rings for each) from about 1973-1976. Then, we got  
our own 2-pair cable strung to the house after that.

 RM> I don't miss downloading 32 gig program updates at 6.5 gig
 RM> per hour..

6.5 GB in an hour over dial up? That's amazing! Perhaps you  
meant MB, not GB.

I found fetching a 4 minute song (mp3) averaged at about 15 to  
20 minutes each - 4MB.  So, that would be about 12-15MB in an  
hour.

 AA>> Take a look at what Chatr (Rogers) and PublicMobile (Telus) have
 >> to offer.

 RM> Is their data at 4G speeds?

Both services have FAQs. Maybe it has answers.

  https://www.chatrwireless.com/web/content/faq/data_services

  https://www.publicmobile.ca/en/on/get-help/articles/
differences-between-3g-and-4g-lte

They probably have area maps that you can check for coverage for  
your area.

 RM> I'm on the shores of Georgian Bay near Parry Sound,
 RM> although I spend the winter in town these days. Chopping
 RM> holes in the ice to get water and hauling groceries in by
 RM> sled in my snow shoes got a little tired after doing it for
 RM> about 12 years..   B)

My family used to conduct lamprey trapping not far from the  
Perry Sound area in the Saugine River.
--
  ../|ug

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