-> Incidentally,  the Pacific cables all seem to come ashore under my  
-> windows - seems like a month does not go by without yet-another  
-> layer anchoring outside to engineer the last kilometre or so up  
-> one of our beaches,  I keep on meaning to write to "them" to ask  
-> about those new-fangled satellite thingies.... 
  
Be grateful for cables. Satellites are okay for emergencies, but the 
latency delays (the time the signal takes to travel all that distance) 
can be really bothersome, interfering with normal conversation. 
Nowadays, phone calls between North America and Europe go by cable, at 
least in one direction. One satellite hop isn't too bad. Two or more 
are horrible. 
  
                            dow 
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