Fred Goodwin, CMA wrote:

> Dial-up holdouts ask: Why go to broadband?
>
> <http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...ch/stories/DN-
> holdouts_04bus.ART.State.Edition1.35a81ac.html>
> http://tinyurl.com/37znxr
>
> Holdouts don't see the need for broadband
>
> 12:00 AM CDT on Tuesday, September 4, 2007
> By ANDREW D. SMITH / The Dallas Morning News
>
> Some announce their position and explain why it's smart. Others blush
> when relatives mockingly raise the topic. But neither type expects to
> upgrade from dial-up to broadband Internet - ever.
>
> Analysts who monitor such holdouts closer than investors monitor Ben
> Bernanke say most dial-up users are kidding themselves. Broadband
> Internet has spread faster than did telephones, radio or television,
> and it will eventually become as common as any of them.

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This post ignores the very real disparity between low-cost dial-up prices
and xdsl/cable in some markets; useable dial-up services may be purchased
for about $5.00/mo and yet the lowest bandwidth broadband services in
some markets are still more than $25.00/mo in addition to carrier charges
(POTS or basic cable). For low income, elderly and occasional users,
dial-up is often the only affordable option.

Regards,

Michael