Re: Dial-up holdouts ask: Why go to broadband?
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Posted by Charles Newman on September 4, 2007, 8:04 pm
Please log in for more thread options 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, so I have been using broadband of some kind for many years. A number of computer stores have quite selling computer with modems (and some have even quit selling modems), so for some people, there will be no choice when they buy their next machine. | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Agent_C on September 5, 2007, 6:33 am
Please log in for more thread options On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 17:04:38 -0700, "Charles Newman" >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, so I have been using broadband >of some kind for many years. A number of computer stores >have quite selling computer with modems (and some have even >quit selling modems), so for some people, there will be no choice >when they buy their next machine. 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. This isn't going to be the deciding factor. A_C | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Mark McIntyre on September 5, 2007, 1:53 pm
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On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:33:00 -0400, in alt.internet.wireless , Agent_C >On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 17:04:38 -0700, "Charles Newman"
> >>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.
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Posted by Charles Newman on September 5, 2007, 4:09 pm
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> On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:33:00 -0400, in alt.internet.wireless , Agent_C
> >>On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 17:04:38 -0700, "Charles Newman"
>> >>>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.
Some configurations cannot even use modems. A dial up modem will not work in an any Athlon 64 chipset. If I try and use a modem in my Athlon 64, the modem will not work. Same thing happened when I upgraded to Athlon 64 machines a couple years ago. I had to buy new video cards, becuase the old PCI cards would not work with the machine. PCI modems will not work with Athlon 64 machines, at least mine anyway. There are already chipsets out there that will not work with dial-up modems. | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Agent_C on September 5, 2007, 7:19 pm
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On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:09:16 -0700, "Charles Newman" >Some configurations cannot even use modems. A dial up
>modem will not work in an any Athlon 64 chipset. If I try >and use a modem in my Athlon 64, the modem will not work. >Same thing happened when I upgraded to Athlon 64 >machines a couple years ago. I had to buy new video >cards, becuase the old PCI cards would not work with >the machine. PCI modems will not work with Athlon >64 machines, at least mine anyway. > >There are already chipsets out there that will not work with >dial-up modems That's a gigantic piece of misinformation. I don't doubt you had issues getting a dial-up modem to work, but the assertion that all Athlon 64 chipsets don't support dial-up modems is totally and completely erroneous. A_C | ||||||||||||||||
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> Holdouts don't see the need for broadband
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> 12:00 AM CDT on Tuesday, September 4, 2007
> By ANDREW D. SMITH / The Dallas Morning News
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> 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.