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Posted by Charles Newman on September 4, 2007, 8:04 pm
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> Dial-up holdouts ask: Why go to broadband?
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> <http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/ptech/stories/DN-
> holdouts_04bus.ART.State.Edition1.35a81ac.html>
> http://tinyurl.com/37znxr
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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.
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
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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 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.
Yet....
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Mark McIntyre
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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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>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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