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Rural Broadband (Tasman) Traditional Cache

Hidden : 8/25/2017
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

With each passing year, our reliance on data and data connectivity becomes more and more acute. The rate of technological change often out-strips our ability to keep up with these changes as more and more house-hold and hand-held devices become 'smart' devices. This allows computers, TVs and even fridges to connect to the internet, share data, and, well...the possibilities are limitless.

I'm sure some members of geocaching fraternity will recall days when GPSrs were the only means of reaching a GZ and before then paper-based geocaching was the only option.

When out and about, your ability to connect to a data service is reliant on the availability of WiFi if not your mobile phone provider's data network, and even then only if the signal is strong enough.

All this is fine if you can connect to the internet. There's a few houses along this road and I'm sure they do have internet connection, but us geocachers: we need data on the go, unless you always plan ahead.

Ah! And there's the problem. Planning ahead is not always possible.

Stretches of this road are a bit of a mobile data dead-spot, certainly on one of the major telecoms company's data network, as I found to my detriment one time as I sought to download some local cache details.

Help though is at hand. I've discovered a little known data connection along this road, reserved especially for us geocachers.

See if you can find it too and then see if you can log on!


There is a bit of a drop near the GZ, so keep an eye out for kids and those easily distracted by their devices!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Arne onfr bs gerr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)