[ale] broadband suggestions

[Geoffrey]

David W. Millians wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
>> It does and it's .05 per mb for overage.  Mostly will be doing simply 
>> email for the immediate future.
> 
> If they're using Windows, be sure to turn off the auto-updates. It would 
> be very easy to chew up over a gig per month that way. (The autoup for 
> sp3 and IE8 would put you at... at least 2g.) Virus updates are getting 
> bigger, since some packages download the whole kaboodle everytime rather 
> than just changes, too.

Good point, I hadn't thought about that.  That kinda sucks.

> There's quite a few offline-update-cd-makers out there to solve the Win 
> update dilemma.

I guess I'll have to look into this type of solution, thanks.

> 
> If you're using linux, well, you probably know the drill on updates. :)

On a couple of boxes there, but not all of them.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
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