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Don't do enough recreational reading but the past two books I most enjoyed were, Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden. Fiction/ non-fiction. Trespassing In God's Country by... think by George Therriault (Canadian Bushpilot) himself. Non-fiction. Need a work gig up north for a few weeks. That tends to be where the reading gets done.

Them's some freaky beasts. Good laugh. Thanks Craig.

That's some pretty slick quick internet there fer Yellerknife tho Dave! My buddy is coming down next month from yer big town next month and am looking forward to seeing him. Couldn't tell ya what speed it was in MF.. although it was instant. DSL with Ontera, $48/month in 2009. Now, base rate $65 for the two sticks but usage is up'in the monthly cost to about $110 on average. Hopefully now that the wife is done school it comes down... except that our 13 year old is wanting more online time too.

You're not kidding man!!! And I thought there was a big initiative to bring highspeed to all rural areas... problem is; and you obviously know this as well, is that highspeed is deemed anything faster than dial-up. So first we get.... XPlorenet.

Dang Raf... I know you know stuff! My stick operates on 1 bar outta 5 for it's signal. It's the weakest there is. I plug in a small external antenna to that which gives me 2 bars... sometimes. The wifes computer is 1/5 too. Our tower (Bell) is about 3 km's away. The next closest is Telus and it's maybe 7km's. (Cool link, thanks) Ohhh it's faster than dial-up Skip. For sure. I had dial-up once back in the 1930's while living in Alert. j/k But yeah man, it's an improvement... I used to be on DSL and it was great! And that was on an island in the subarctic. lol. So... your ping should be lower, but your UP and DOWN higher. My father for instance tested and he's at 21 Down and 4.5 Up. He's in town... and here I am at 1.8 Down and 0.5 Up. He's got highspeed. Thanks Dave... kinda forgot about the Hub. I'd heard about these sometime back from my buddy who works with Bell. They were in their infancy... I should see if he can bring one out to test somehow... although, if going by what Raf has said, it may not cure any bottlenecking issues but could maybe give us a better signal to the tower and at just one cost. Appreciated guys. I'll be talking more with Storm in the coming week or two, and I guess as far as providers go... the TurboHub could be worth looking into.

Thanks Skipper. Now you know A) that the Speedtest site exists and that neither one of us are operating on any decent level of "highspeed" You can test and retest changing to different locations but, it usually still ends up the same. Currently I'm at... ping 123 Down 1.8 Up 0.57. Usually for us with two sticks costs are about double... but we're a little faster by the looks of it.

Go to www.speedtest.net Do not click on "start now" where it says, before your speed test BUT, instead click on "begin test." You'll have to wait about 30 seconds until it is complete, then it will give you your ping rate, download and upload speeds. Those numbers are the results.

Again... I will have to look into that Skipper. Does it work for more than one computer at a time in the house??? And, what are your speedtests like??? www.speedtest.net 10GB would be enough here too...

Not all 3 of us j ace, but yes, 2 of us do. The wife's computer travels outta the home often to work. About going with one stick in a router... my worry (and again I'm unsure???) was that one stick operating for two computers going at a time, will only make what is already a painstakingly slow speed, even slower. My wife having often been required to take online classes/conferences, I also didn't want to jeopardize her current working system with my online porn streaming (fish porn of course). But, now that her school is done, it's time to explore available options. I don't "believe" (not sure) all providers using Bell/Telus tech (ie, ?????? Storm) necessarily choke their users dependent and during busy use times. If they all do, then what I'm using now may be the best option still. The Bell stick was recommended by my neighbor... who works out of her house... for Bell... and gets hers for free. lol. "Some" others use Ripnet... but they must be at a slightly higher elevation because I can't think of any directly around me with a 70 foot tower or more. If Storm does not choke... and what they offer is 3 Down & 1 up untampered with and true to contract at cost, I will allow them to punch holes in my house to pop up a satellite... BUT, if they're like XPlorenet was, punch holes in my house, charge me even more money for their best package which offers supposed better speeds, and then I start Speedtesting them on Thursday nights for results of Ping 1800 ms, Down 0.5 and Up .15 because they're choking... well I can't deal with that shhhnit. lol. I don't need to be a tonne faster because I don't download movies or play online games or such. Just looking to be as fast as I can for surfing, checking the forums, up/downloading pics and watching the odd You-tube video. Getting by here... but barely. lol. Don't like having to always wait to go to work or to my folks place to upload pics and videos for doing up reports either. lol. Appreciate the response. Seriously.

Hey Raf, thanks for the reply dood. If it's like the Bell stick, then this household actually needs two of them... and soon enough with a 13 year old, possibly 3 of them. I believe though that my wife looked into Rogers when we first moved in 3 years ago and they didn't have anything available here yet. Bell, XPlorenet and Ripnet were our options. Will look into them again, but with our two Bell Sticks we're just not seeing good enough service for the money we're spending... and the thought of be choked during primetime really annoys and spooks me. Will do D. Never heard of it. Ripnet. Probably the fastest service I know I could get. $1000 for the 70 foot towering eye-sore they'd need to put up. Hoping that the new "50 house" (supposed) subdivision going in at Innisville will bring better options. Thanks guys! IPhones and the such aren't a part of our lives yet... in fact, I might turn on the old cell phone once or twice a week to note the time if I forget my watch or, really have to call someone about something. Call us old fashioned or unretarded if you will. Surprised no one at all is using Storm..?

BTW... really a computer dummie here... so please not too much geek speak. Thankyall muchly!

While I'm thinking of it... The speedtests tonight with my current internet server (a Bell stick) thus far are... Ping: 104 Down: 1.85 Mbps Up: 0.5 Mbps My wife's... Ping: 198 Down: 0.55 Mbps Up: 0.36 Mbps I'm considering going with Storm. Their package for us would be cheaper and it offers 50GB/month, Down 3.0 & Up 1.0 Country living you pay a price... heck, it was faster Internet with FiberOptics in Moosonee and Attawapiskat. We once had XPloreNet and it was absolutely gawd aweful. Paying for the best package (5Down / 1Up) I was regularily getting Down/Up speeds even less than the Bell stick and with a ping rate in the 1000's. Every night being "choked" by the provider. So... now I'm wondering if anyone using Storm has experienced similar choking problems, and if the speeds they advertise (and you pay for) are really what you get???

I'll come up with Bill in the future for those Atlantics. Tyler... that's the way to spend a summer dood. Great fishing mixed with the perfect memories with friends.

Probably a coincidence Drew.. same joiner I changed last year.. right where you loaded your sled! I needed to fix it better anyhow! Well bud... if it is may bad, lemme know what I owe ya and we'll square up next time chillin'. Serious!!!

That's some giving thanks at Thanksgiving for all the great things we're lucky to have in our back yard. The splake takes the cake!

Cool man! I can relate to having a canoe with a motor. Despite the dreary weather, it sounds as though you really enjoyed the experience........ and, keep that camera dry next time too.

Very much liked this one!!! Well fellas, a great collection of walleye, and a joy to view a solid handful of OFC'ers coming together and making it happen. Great fish for all but, I'll have to wait and view some vids from work... too slow in the boonies here. Great delivery as always Mike! Agree with ya too... there's just something about walleye you gotta always find time for.

You had a great summer season Tyler. Thanks for putting that together... wicked fish porn in many ways. GL with the steelies!

A roaring applause of one here in a dark basement with a finger left of some MacCallan 10. You live it Wayne... and it's so nice to see what appears to be so much of the good, through times of tough. Can think of one other. And btw... the pipes cracking is probably just a co-inky-dink! Wuzn't............ me. Great report and pics bud!

Pretty sure in the cold my 60 has done it too.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Bargain-Cave/Fishing/Reels%7C/pc/105591780/c/105740280/sc/105742980/Cabelas-DepthMaster-Gold-Trolling-Linecounter-Reels/727512.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Fbargain-cave-fishing-reels%2F_%2FN-1102770%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_105742980%3FWTz_l%3DUnknown%253Bcat105591780%253Bcat105740280&WTz_l=Unknown%3Bcat105591780%3Bcat105740280%3Bcat105742980 It'll sell for cheaper yet! That is the one I once got for $39.99. And if you're paying that $89 now, you might as well go to LeBaron's and get the Sealine... which between the two is probably a little better IMO.

Believe those reels are made by Diawa Stoty, and having a Sealine and one Depthmaster, they're pretty close. Bought one 5 years ago for $39.99 on sale and it's made two trips to Great Bear to handle lakers there and a dozen plus trips to Quinte. Can't beat that for what it's given back and it's still working fine. Maybe I just got a good one in the batch for a change.

Took this pic some years back while up the Cheepas River with Bren. Old Report... http://ontariofishingcommunity.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12010 The Cheepas always had alot of Sandhills along it's river banks. Noisy bird... like a Blue Heron but just more vocal. Not sure about eating them Shane??? The elders in Attawapiskat would, but the younger people... nope. They`d say "stringy" and that was coming from a family of boys with the last name Bird.

Right on Will. My buddy found a snowy owl once with a broken wing. I wished he'd shown it the same kindness... although we were in no part of the world to easily get it Xray'd and checked into a bird sanctuary. Used to always see a redtail above the Hancock Rapids travelling on the Moose River in autumn. Love the birds of prey man! Cool what ya did!

Attaboy!!! That's a big and tough fish to get in that quick actually. It was surely no worse for wear. The odd sturgeon is bound to happen into a hook now and again and nice to see ya showed this great and threatened fish from these parts some decency with a quick landing and release. If that tug on the line didn't get your juices flowing for another eh!?!? More 11+ footers caught out in the Fraser this year than in recent years. Can you imagine? Great fish!