Want to know something crazy? We watched a short, lovely piece on the Olympics about polar bears in Manitoba (Canada). Here they are on the frozen tundra in the middle of nowhere and these bears just go lumbering by. Tourists can stamp their passports with a polar bear & can go out to see them in these snazzy bus/trucks. Scientists come to study them & send live streaming into schools so kids can learn in real time.
Didn't I mention that this is out on a frozen tundra - way up north - out in nowhere land?
I, on the other hand, live in Tennessee. Admittedly, much of Tennessee can be very backwards. Probably not as much as we are portrayed in popular media, but yes, we are often country hicks. Even so, I don't live that far from Nashville. I live really close to a state park. We have lots of civilization around - people, stores, cars, loud trucks, a Walmart. I am out in the country enough that if we so desire it, television must come through a satellite, but we can get it.
But, I cannot manage to find one company who will offer us fast speed internet! We do have satellite TV and heard that they now offered a faster speed internet through the satellite to "virtually every home in the country without even needing a phone line." Apparently, we live in one of the few homes that does not get it. Explain that to me how I have a satellite from the company where I receive the TV signals, but they cannot send me the fast speed internet through the same satellite?
Crazy it is! I am resigned to using dial-up here in my home that is more remote than polar bear country. Just don't try to call my house because I'll be trying to send my questions to the polar bear scientists and you might disconnect me. ;-)
Didn't I mention that this is out on a frozen tundra - way up north - out in nowhere land?
I, on the other hand, live in Tennessee. Admittedly, much of Tennessee can be very backwards. Probably not as much as we are portrayed in popular media, but yes, we are often country hicks. Even so, I don't live that far from Nashville. I live really close to a state park. We have lots of civilization around - people, stores, cars, loud trucks, a Walmart. I am out in the country enough that if we so desire it, television must come through a satellite, but we can get it.
But, I cannot manage to find one company who will offer us fast speed internet! We do have satellite TV and heard that they now offered a faster speed internet through the satellite to "virtually every home in the country without even needing a phone line." Apparently, we live in one of the few homes that does not get it. Explain that to me how I have a satellite from the company where I receive the TV signals, but they cannot send me the fast speed internet through the same satellite?
Crazy it is! I am resigned to using dial-up here in my home that is more remote than polar bear country. Just don't try to call my house because I'll be trying to send my questions to the polar bear scientists and you might disconnect me. ;-)