One of the principle advantages of my recent trip to western NSW was that I
had no Blackberry reception. Bliss.
2009/11/6 Simon Mustoe <>
>
> 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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> > From:
> > 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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