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Headline - Navel gazing wins an Ig Nobel
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Ah the Ig Nobels, always worth a read :)  If only they had a cat-mood decipherer.  ^__^

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From fork-admin@xent.com  Fri Aug 16 11:27:54 2002

On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 17:53, Jesse wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 05:46:55PM -0400, Luis Villa wrote:
> > FWIW, slummerville actually has the internet- not just broadband, but
> > actual broadband competition, which I gather is rare. I had ADSL and two
> > cable options when I moved in.
>
>
> Did you actually attempt to order the DSL? Large chunks of somerville have
> advertised DSL service that can't actually be obtained. Excuses vary, from
> "no available copper" to "full DSLAM", but the folks I know who've wanted
> DSL around here have all failed, ending up either with ATTBB, RCN or an
> honest-to-god T1.
No. My past experiences with DSL have generally been miserable so I went
with at&t digital cable[1] + cable modem. Still, even the hypothetical
option was a lot better than what I had in the theoretically
tech-friendly Triangle in NC.
Luis
[1]sports junkie
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