It's funny isn't it...it's more of a peace of mind thing I suppose. The more
technology allows us to stay connected whilst allowing us the freedom to roam
into the wilderness, the more paranoid we become about disconnecting ourselves
from our everyday lives.
Regards,
Simon.
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> To: ;
> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:14:32 +1100
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Pay for Rare Bird Alert...surely not?
>
> Several people have mentioned the problem of receiving email in remote areas,
> e.g. via an iPhone, etc. I'm wondering how important this is to most people.
> If you're in a remote area, are you going to be willing to drop everything
> and go somewhere to see a bird somewhere else?
>
> I would have thought you'd only be interested if the alert was for something
> close by (in which case you'd be very annoyed to have been so close but to
> have missed it). But what are the chances of that? I'm guessing that
> usually it would be ok to wait until you can get email again.
>
> I'm just guessing about this, I'm rarely out of range for long myself,
> unfortunately.
>
> Peter Shute
>
> Simon Mustoe wrote on Thursday, 5 November 2009 9:06 AM:
>
> > Then, there is no guarantee people would even receive the news.
> > IPhone or not, you don't log on all day every day and you certainly
> > don't can't use an iPhone in much of the outback - though you can get
> > mobile reception, though GPRS is going to be costing you the
> > equivalent of satellite bandwidth (~$10 / MB).
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