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Disgusted
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posted 04 January 2007 05:44 PM      Profile for Disgusted        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Jeez, no activity on this part of Babble since October. Makes me wonder how many Babblers live north of 60. Maybe only me and Glasstech??? Although I think there is at least one other in Yellowknife.

Of course, maybe there just isn't much to say?? Hopefully "no news is good news" applies here???

At any rate, I'm interested to know how many northerners now have satellite internet. That's what I'm using, and it works pretty well. More and more people living outside of towns or in the boonies are getting these systems, and it is transforming our concepts of isolation. Whether or not that's a good thing is debatable. Personally, I wish it had been available decades ago (although I probably wouldn't have gotten too many projects done or books read). Someone should do a study on the effects of the internet on northern communities and residents.

Any thoughts, anyone?


From: Yukon | Registered: Mar 2006  |  IP: Logged
jester
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posted 07 January 2007 09:32 AM      Profile for jester        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I lived in the Yukon with a 12 inch TV that only received CBC North on a good day. We left when the kidniks were in primary school because they had the right to an education and to choose their own path in life.

We are all voracious readers.We spent our evenings reading,playing cards,game and puzzles. Now, my son laughs at me for video conferencing my wife. We're both at home in our separate offices.


From: Against stupidity, the Gods themselves contend in vain | Registered: Jan 2006  |  IP: Logged
glasstech
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posted 07 January 2007 11:40 AM      Profile for glasstech     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Hello Disgusted.
I actually just signed on to the Navigo wireless internet.
My problem was I couldn't justify paying for internet at work and at home, I'm semi-self employed and use the net a lot for work.
It seems to work very well at home but at work it may not be quite as fast as NorthWesTel.
This way I just move the receiver and I'm hooked
up.
I've had some experience with sat internet but most of the problems have been with unreliable and under trained installers up here. The companies provide little training and even less technical support. There's not enough work up here to keep everyone working and to get enough experience installing to get good at the job.
This goes double for StarF--- and BumExprees. I'm glad I don't deal with them any more but I still get to hear the sob stories.

From: Whitehorse, Yukon | Registered: Dec 2005  |  IP: Logged
Michelle
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posted 13 January 2007 07:39 AM      Profile for Michelle   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I just put this thread on the front page of rabble (wait about an hour after this post to see it). Maybe that'll bring this forum a bit more traffic.
From: I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell. | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged
Skinny Dipper
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posted 13 January 2007 02:41 PM      Profile for Skinny Dipper   Author's Homepage        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
There must be some interesting news happening north of 60. Your posts do not need to be political. Share some light-hearted humour. Talk about the similarities and differences among the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. Talk about the differences between north and the south along Canada's own Mason-Dixon line if there is such a thing. Talk about misconceptions southern Canadians have of the north. Talk about how consensual politics works in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut--or how it doesn't work. Talk about the tourists who seek the wonders of the north. If you live in the Yukon, talk about Canadian-American relations from a Yukon-Alaska perspective. I'm ready to read your comments.
From: Ontarian for STV in BC | Registered: Dec 2005  |  IP: Logged
glasstech
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posted 13 January 2007 03:50 PM      Profile for glasstech     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Good Day Michelle and SD from a slowly warming Yukon, it's up to -14C. Positively balmy.
I'd love to post more but because of my race and sex I'm not supposed to participate in the forums that interest me.
Yes, and someone else once indicated why would anyone on the forum be interested in the weather up here.
I know, I know, another whinney white guy.
Until you guys (!!!!!) lighten up I'll just be a dabbler babbler.


From: Whitehorse, Yukon | Registered: Dec 2005  |  IP: Logged
jester
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posted 13 January 2007 05:39 PM      Profile for jester        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
The greatest advantage North of Sixty has is that it is ignored by 90% of Canadians.
From: Against stupidity, the Gods themselves contend in vain | Registered: Jan 2006  |  IP: Logged
oldgoat
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posted 13 January 2007 07:33 PM      Profile for oldgoat     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
As this thread is ignored by well over 90% of babblers.

I lived in Inuvik for about a year and a half. I enjoyed it pretty well. One of the things I found odd upon returning, was walking down a street, or the length of a mall passing hundreds of people and not knowing anyone. For people born and raised in the delta communities going to a big city must be incredibly alienating.

In Inuvik, even if I was not really aquainted with everyone I'd pass on the street, I'd usually have some sense of who they were and where they fit into the general scheme of things.


From: The 10th circle | Registered: Jul 2001  |  IP: Logged
Frustrated Mess
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posted 13 January 2007 07:45 PM      Profile for Frustrated Mess   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
At any rate, I'm interested to know how many northerners now have satellite internet. That's what I'm using, and it works pretty well. More and more people living outside of towns or in the boonies are getting these systems, and it is transforming our concepts of isolation. Whether or not that's a good thing is debatable. Personally, I wish it had been available decades ago (although I probably wouldn't have gotten too many projects done or books read). Someone should do a study on the effects of the internet on northern communities and residents.

I have limited experience with satellite internet. I have no experience with the north. With the way the world is changing, your world, in a few decades, could quickly become the centre of the human universe. You might start thinking how you are going to keep us away.

From: doom without the gloom | Registered: Feb 2005  |  IP: Logged
Boom Boom
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posted 13 January 2007 07:50 PM      Profile for Boom Boom     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I'm just below the Labrador/Quebec border on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, pretty isolated, and everyone in these small communities has satellite TV. We all have dialup ISPs which are bog slow (48 kbps). Someone in Sept-Iles is sending us flyers advertising satellite internet service, but it's quite expensive, more than twice what we pay for dialup.
From: Make the rich pay! | Registered: Dec 2004  |  IP: Logged
Québécois in the North
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posted 14 January 2007 04:18 PM      Profile for Québécois in the North     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
In Yellowknife we get satellite internet for cheap, but we have very limited bandwith. The freeze-up and break-up of Great Slave Lake is not gonna be web-streammed. Frost bytes anyone?

That being said, I do not have the Internet in my shack, neither TV nor phone. Just a guitar and lots of well filled bookshelves.

About the vitality of this Babble section: I'm ready to post more about our northern current events, but will someone comment? Most northern babblers seem to be from the Yukon and the non-northerners typically don't give a damn -- which is probably a good thing.


From: Yellowknife | Registered: Oct 2005  |  IP: Logged

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