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I have friends in Southern California who live near Covina, Diamond Bar,
Pasadena -- right in the heart of S.C. They don't even get low grade DSL
yet and are FORCED to run with 56K modem because ISDN is still around
$80/month. DSL isn't exactly sweeping the country yet.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sigstroker@xxxxxxx [mailto:Sigstroker@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 9:06 PM
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Off Topic: No DSL or Cable??
>
>
> Guess what, Jack? You are insulting.
>
> In case you just fell off the turnip truck, not every location has DSL or
> cable internet available, or even ISDN.
>
>
> In a message dated 2/15/01 5:40:54 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> talexander@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> > Wow! I don't mean to be insulting or anything but do you have indoor
> > plumbing? Have you heard the latest fad? Movies with "talking!" (Just
> > teasing you :) Being a lifelong technophile I can't imagine
> anyone on less
> > bandwidth than DSL except my mom and Bulgaria.
> >
> > Try this: Write a paragraph of what you want to do this
> weekend and read it
> > to your partner, dog, mirror whatever. But read only one word at a time
> > every 8 seconds. Then, read it as fast as you can or better
> yet, just hold
> > it up in front of the dog's nose. Method 1 is your bandwidth.
> Method 2 is
> > DSL. I have quad-T1 lines at work connected to the backbone.
> Several grand
> > a month and other than the government, one of the fastest connections
> > around. I have DSL at home for $50 a month. I have a hard time
> telling the
> > difference between the two. Of course work allows 100 people
> at a time but
> > at home, I surf on two computers with multiple browser windows
> and talk on
> > the phone all at the same time while in the background I'm listening to
> > free internet Baroque music on Spinner.com. And I've got an
> old Dell laptop
> > and a no-name desktop.
> >
> > The Fat Lady sang and already went home to bed.
> > Try it. You'll like it!
> >
>
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