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To: Lane3 who wrote (87724)	11/22/2004 4:35:34 PM
From: haqihana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793587

kholt, The surplus band width was all that was available to your husband, and he had no other options. With the cell phones, and computers, the GI can make a connection when it is most convenient for him, or for his loved ones. In a deployed situation, the cost doesn't mean much to them, when they need, and want, the home connection.

To: Lane3 who wrote (87724)	11/23/2004 12:28:30 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793587

the military has communications infrastructure which I would think could be used by troops for personal communications when there was surplus bandwidth, which is what my husband and I did. There was no such thing as bandwidth in the 60s. The word had not even been invented yet. And algore had not invented the internet yet. TXN invented the hand held calculator in the 60s. WATTS was still a light bulb measurement. The first RCA SATCOM Satellite for military communications was not launched until the early 70s. And it was primitive. The smallest antennas I saw were fixed and at least 12+ feet in diameter. Not exactly front-line gear. Your husband may have had access to some land line telephone time...But my bet is still that it was illegal. Why don't you ask him?