Question regarding Laptop / Internet via Samsung A412

Hi Mike, came across some friends of yours recently.Ross and Elaine camped next to us at King Ash Bay for a couple of weeks. Nice people. They have since moved on, with their spot quickly being taken by anothe Bushtracker.

Oh and to be on topic, I'm posting this via a Samsung A412 connected direct to the laptop, while on the banks of the McArthur River in NT. 1G Telstra data pack @ $89 per month - no plan cancel any time.

6db antenna in strapped to the top of a sapling about 30 feet above the ground.

Norm C

Hi Norm ,

Catching any good fish and crabs ? How are you and the boss handling the heat ?

Were Ross and Elaine in Good health . I heard one of them was crook and that they are returning home early .

I might take out a similar data plan for just the months of June and July if that is possible , as I just purchased a Nokia 6120. It would be great to stay in touch with the market while I am away .

That question that I asked about the download of the anti virus - do you have any idea about it ?

Have a great time and watch out for the crocs .

Willie .

Barra are hard to find this year. Only got two so far, but Jacks, Fingermark (Golden Snapper), Salmon (Bluenose) and others are a bit easier to find. Enjoying our time up here anyway.

Crabs are on and prawns also at times.

Ross and Elaine are well, though Ross was eaten alive by Sand Flies when I took them down river fishing one day.

Your anti virus question is of the 'how long is a piece of string' variety. Depends on the update being done. We have been on air for 2 months with this set up. In my experience, 1G is heaps to meet 'normal' use. I've been on line for about 2 hours today. Did a few emails. Checked the news, checked stock prices and scanned about 8 pages of EO. So far I've sent about 5M and received about 16M for this session.

Our McAfee has updated at least twice that I've noticed (probably more). I doubt that we will ever go over 500M for a month.

Kathryn just reminded me of Ross's hip problem. Yes, it might shorten their trip. Bit of a day to day proposition, but mostly he has good when here.

They were headed for Lorella Springs after here, so the hot springs might help for a bit.

Like all of us, the body only has so much to give. I'm getting every bit I can out of mine while I can.

To me this is logically the best and most economical way of having internet. It works on a "fair use" policy so as long as you dont hog it you will probably get more use than on data plans.
As well it costs $34 a month on BIGPOND.

All Telstra rates are more expensive than Bigpond why I wouldnt know but they are even tho they are the same company virtually.