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What is drawing? How does one come to it? It is working through an invisible iron wall that seems to stand between what one feels and what one can do. How is one to get through that wall - since pounding at it is of no use? In my opinion one has to undermine that wall, filing through it steadily and patiently.
- Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo, 22 October 1882

2 Months – Guaranteed!

Not that I’m complaining, but I just want to state for the record that it took us two months to get home Internet service.

I’m just saying.

That might seem like a long time to some people. And to others it might not seem a long time. I just want everybody to have access to the facts. And the facts are that, in London, it takes you two months to get DSL up and running in your home …

… if you spend an hour or two a day making phone calls to the right people.

And in Los Angeles … well, it takes less time than that.

I always wondered why Britain has never had the film industry that it should. There is tremendous talent here, and a vast variety of expertise.

But now I know.

Tell me, would you want to set up a production office where you might not get an Internet connection until after production was over?

I bet, in Mumbai, to get completely wired up with full-on laser-fast fiber-optic connections, it takes four hours – guaranteed.

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3 comments to 2 Months – Guaranteed!

  • Anonymous

    Here at my jobby job in the heart of downtown Manhattan/Greenwich Village, I am on a LAN line. Have seen download speeds in excess of 4mb/sec, and upload speeds of better than 2mb/sec. Just thought it was important for you to know that.

  • Neal Romanek

    Greenwich? That’s where they have the Prime Marillion!

  • Anonymous

    And where they keep the “mean” time, too.

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