"robert casey" wrote in message
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Steve Vernon wrote:

"robert casey" wrote in message
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On the phone with such a customer: "Hold on sir, give me a moment, and
I'll shut the Sun down so it doesn't interfere with the satellite. Give
it about 15 minutes, and you should be back up and running..."


Which inspires the follow-up question: Has there ever been a solar
eclipse at the time (and place)
of seasonal Sattelite/Solar "white-out" (or whatever it is called)?

The singing you heard yesterday-the stuff somewhat reminiscent of Vogon
poetry- was me, enjoying the benefits of the WildBlue yonder with my
satellite internet service.

It's only a measely 512K (ok, it's only gotten up to 511K) down and 128K
(well, closer to 85K) up, but I'll live with it. After all, I was averaging
about 29K with my dialup.