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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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