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Old 09-05-2007, 06:53 PM
Mark McIntyre
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Default Re: Dial-up holdouts ask: Why go to broadband?

On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:33:00 -0400, in alt.internet.wireless , Agent_C
<Agent-C-hates-spam@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 17:04:38 -0700, "Charles Newman"
><chuck@backtalkradio.net> wrote:
>
>>Then will be forced to go to broadband, when they next computer
>>they buy has no modem in it. Every computer I have bought since
>>2001 has come with no modem,


Can't remember _ever_ having seen a laptop without a modem, not for at
least a decade!

>Installing a modem isn't much more difficult than screwing in a light
>bulb. Also, when ordering a new computer there's almost always an
>option for a modem.


At the moment. Remember when all PCs came with 5.25" floppy drives? or
ISA slots? Heck the 3.5" floppy drive is becoming optional now.

>This isn't going to be the deciding factor.


Yet....
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