27 Jan 2004, 08:47, Tom Walker (1:202/1324), wrote to David Drummond:

Hi Tom.

 ->>  TW>  I undrstand that. What I am questioning is WHY is the Dialer 
 ->>  TW> NOT installed when Linux is put o nthe Hard Dreive. That seems
 ->>  TW>  like a very essentual item. And what makes it MORe puzziling 
 ->>  TW> is that a TON of Junk IS installed during the Prociedure. BUt 
 ->>  TW> to Leacve out the Dialer???
 ->>  TW> That jsut dosne't make any sense.

 ->> Doesn't everyone have cable or xDSL nowdays? Dialers are a relic 
 ->> of the past...

 TW>  Sorry Buck but LESS then HALF of the people in the US have High 
 TW> Speed Internet connections. I know some look down their Noses at the 
 TW> "Unwashed ones"(Old Cartoon expression) but Some have no
choice and 
 TW> others have far better things to Throw their money away on.

Here's a post I made in Oct, 2003:
_______________________________
Date:   24 Oct 03  03:51:31
From:   Matt Mc_Carthy of 1:396/45.17

According to recent Telecommunications hearings on C-SPAN, high speed
access, whether DSL or cable is _still_ only available to 7% of the US
population.  
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Another post from a few months ago quoted a figure of 6.5% but I can't find
that one right now...   :-((


     Good luck...  M.

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