Eagle cam

[Michael]

This site gets a lot of hits apparently. Anyone who hasn't seen it.

http://www.infotecbusinesssystems.com/wildlife/

[ken_behrendt]

I visited the site, but I do not think the live cam works well with my 56 kbps modem. It took about 20 seconds to load the media player up, but then I only got about 2 seconds of "live" feed of what appeared to be some sort of bird (an eagle's) nest.

I think these live cam views work best with high-speed internet connections. Well, maybe someday I switch over if they can get the extra cost down to under $20 USD per month. With the ever increasing costs of fuel, I'm less inclined than ever to spend money on extra "services" that, in the long run, I may not really need...


ken

[trevie]

Ken I cant believe you are still on 56Kbits narrowband connection. I am on 2Mbits connection and soon to be upgrading to 8Mbits. I would never go back to 56Kbits, I tried it on a friends computer who was still on 56k and it was painful to use. I usually pay £30 a month with unlimited download. although I could pay as much as £15 for the same speed but limited download.

I would of thought the US was further advanced in computer networking as its been outthere longer than over here in the UK.

[jim_mich]

I'm at 28Kbits right now. Sometimes I get only 24Kbit or 26Kbits. IT'S PAINFUL! Different areas have different levels of service. I'm 4 miles out into the country. My phone line takes a long route that is 5 mile into the village. So my Internet connection travels 5 miles of underground copper wire before reaching the phone company's building where it gets converted to a digital fiber optic signal. It then travels 35 miles to my Internet supplier in the city. That's the best I can get with my old 56KB modem. DSL is limited to about 3 miles, so it's not available. Cable only runs about a mile from the village, so it's not available. Satellite is expensive and still requires a phone line to send. It's not suitable for my day trading because there's a time lag between the send and receive. Dialup is slow but has very little time lag.

My wife is from Iowa. When we were first married her folks still had one of those wall phones where you had to stand in front of it to speak. They also had a party line. So a few years ago her whole state installed fiber optic cables that carry phone, TV cable, and fast Internet service, all on the same line.

We have a fiber optic phone line that run along the highway within a 1/2-mile of our house. It serves new homes that are being built farther out from the village. They get new fast service, but the phone company says we will get upgraded "when they have the time and manpower" to do it.

My wife and I each just bought new computers. Hers get 42Kbits, and sometimes 29Kbits. I'm going to set my up tonight and see what speed I get.

[ken_behrendt]

trevie wrote:

Ken I cant believe you are still on 56Kbits narrowband connection.

Yes, sad, but true. My local cable company provides a nice broadband connection that is about 100 times faster at downloading than my 56 kbps connection, but they deceptively advertise it in my opinion. Their commercials tell the viewer that they can get the hi-speed service for only $25 USD per month for three months. What they avoid saying is that the price is for the first three months. After that, the monthly fee jumps to about $45 USD per month!

I'm hoping that as more hi-speed providers get into the market, the competition will drop the price to under $20 USD per month permanently!


In a lot of foreign countries, like China and Japan, the "standard" connection for a PC user is the hi-speed broadband connection and they get it at rock bottom prices compared to what the average American is expected to cough up for it. How is that possible? Their governments subsidize the cost to keep it low for the consumer.



ken