On 09-Oct-2001 Absurdly Obtuse wrote:
On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Dave McGuire wrote:
IP over carrier pigeon!!
UUCP over floppies ferried by cars! BLEEEAAAAAARGH!!
Bundles of punched cards by camel back over the Sahel. You might laugh,
but that's how the phones in some parts of Mali are run.
-Philip
PS: Yes, my SO is currently in one of those regions. Yes, this does
colour my view point.