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Broadband vs. Dialup
I have friends in Spain on DSL. The reason? Dialup costs $50.00 a month and DSL costs $50.00 a month. It's a no-brainer. Here in the US, my unlimited dial-up costs $9.00 a month, where as broadband will cost $25.00 a month on special, with later increases in price after the promo period is over. Why do I need broadband at that price to check email and sports scores? If I need a download, I can get that at work, put it on a USB key and take it home.

If you want to see greater penetration, raise the price on dialup or drop it on broadband.
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Broadband vs. Dialup  sordito | 09/30/05
The reason is  voska | 10/03/05
Not surprising, if you consider-  carlito408@... | 09/30/05
That is the NC factory's opinion. How about the PC factory's opinion?  osreinstall | 09/30/05
It's the software factory's opinion  IT_User | 09/30/05
NC okay for light stuff  osreinstall | 09/30/05
I've gotta agree with you, osreinstall  Judas I. | 09/30/05
The NC will put George Orwell on the throne.  osreinstall | 09/30/05
There will be free and open competition among service providers.  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Still too lazy to take care of yourself  osreinstall | 10/01/05
True, maybe we need the equivalent of FDIC for service providers.  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
No we don't need a solution to a non problem.  osreinstall | 10/01/05
Wow man, you are brilliant. Durring a huricane or flood, the safest place  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
I am glad you are seeing the drawbacks  osreinstall | 10/01/05
Man, you are brilliant, networks will NOT get more relibable or faster.  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
You cannot insure privacy.  osreinstall | 10/01/05
Apples and oranges  bystander_z | 10/01/05
And, if someone hacks or steals your home computer, you can NOT undo it.  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
No way Donnieboy  osreinstall | 10/01/05
Another thing, think of all the personal information your Bank has.  DonnieBoy | 10/02/05
You are a lousy salesman!  osreinstall | 10/02/05
But, hey, you can own your own vault too. Don't trust the phone company,  DonnieBoy | 10/02/05
The cell phones are monitored by the NSA.  osreinstall | 10/02/05
Um yeah, if you want save any $$ that is  voska | 10/03/05
And, the network is rapidly approaching that level of reliability.  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Where?  CobraA1 | 10/01/05
Yes, some sites have not figured out how to scale.  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Re: scaling  CobraA1 | 10/02/05
Google is a good example of a company that figured it out.  DonnieBoy | 10/02/05
Yes, we still need cached applications for two reasons:  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
basic math  CobraA1 | 10/01/05
Have you ever heard of Video compression? X-Windows?  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Are you delirious?  osreinstall | 10/01/05
Well, you want to restrict a network computer more than I do.  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
What is the final rendition?  osreinstall | 10/01/05
There is not final rendition of a network computer. It will evolve.  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Some vague answer that was.  osreinstall | 10/01/05
I can not predice the future of NCs anymore than you can predict the future  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Then you must be blowing smoke.  osreinstall | 10/01/05
Oh, and those PCs can not be stolen, can survive floods and huricanes???  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Go buy a USB external drive and be quiet.  osreinstall | 10/01/05
And, how many photos and MP3s will fit on a USB drive???  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
You don't get it. It is a independent thing  osreinstall | 10/01/05
You think everybody is a computer expert. Walk in to a few homes, you will  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
You don't have to be an expert. Just hire one.  osreinstall | 10/01/05
Yes, and how could you trust that local expert, and how much would it cost?  DonnieBoy | 10/02/05
Always support your local businessman  osreinstall | 10/02/05
Good point, with open source, local providers will be able to offer  DonnieBoy | 10/02/05
No they won't  osreinstall | 10/02/05
And your point is?  bystander_z | 10/01/05
Google earth is already here, we are not talking flying cars.  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Not everyone is restricted to a couple activities.  bystander_z | 10/01/05
But, your computer fails, you are trucked. The net fails, you go to another  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Baloney  osreinstall | 10/01/05
The network is getting more reliable every day. You can buy backup service.  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Not really  osreinstall | 10/01/05
Man, give it a break. Networks access is already reliable enough for home  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
You should give it up  osreinstall | 10/01/05
The internet allows for a lot more diversity than the electrical grid.  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Massive quantities of bovine fecal matter Donnieboy.  osreinstall | 10/01/05
Redundant power lines to each neighbor hood is prohibitively expensive.  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Majority of people save the data to cdrom disk.  osreinstall | 10/01/05
I don't know what planet you live on. Here on earth, most home users are  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Most users don't even have data.  osreinstall | 10/01/05
Wow, another thing you missed. I will fill you in. We have these new  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Don't forget you teddy bear.  osreinstall | 10/01/05
The point is, the data would be automatically backed up on a server if  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
You don't get it.  osreinstall | 10/01/05
re: harddrive failure  CobraA1 | 10/02/05
Well, there are all kinds of ways to back up data. All kinds of fancy  DonnieBoy | 10/02/05
If it is setup for them, they don't need to figure it out.  osreinstall | 10/02/05
You also forget that we currently rely on Electricity and Water.  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Not with diesel backup  osreinstall | 10/01/05
You seem to have a very short memory. Forgot the big New York outage????  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Like overloading and natural disasters will not take out the network.  osreinstall | 10/01/05
And, emergency internet restoration will be a lot easier than emergency  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
How is McNealy doing these days?  osreinstall | 10/01/05
We won't depend on McNealy to provide reliable networks.  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
They would be temporary setup.  osreinstall | 10/01/05
The point is, there are methods to quickly restore network connectivity  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Agencies like FEMA - No thanks  osreinstall | 10/01/05
I don't know about you, but I want to see FEMA fixed, and portable networks  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Shortwave radio works just fine.  osreinstall | 10/01/05
Short wave radio is a very slow way to communicate and you can't just call  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Difference between residential and business networks  Knorthern Knight | 10/01/05
Donnieboy you are clueless.  osreinstall | 10/01/05
Network reliability vs electricity  CobraA1 | 10/02/05
The point is, the network is getting more reliable all the time.  DonnieBoy | 10/02/05
The WAN is horrible for reliability.  osreinstall | 10/02/05
Not all police and rescue workers are ham radio experts.  DonnieBoy | 10/02/05
You are not too bright Donnieboy  osreinstall | 10/02/05
And, how do you know where to send the semis, make sure only ONE gets sent  DonnieBoy | 10/02/05
You really are helpless office personnel.  osreinstall | 10/02/05
Scary but...  nucrash | 09/30/05
But again is the PC dead...  John Zern | 09/30/05
They won't have to...  GoPower | 09/30/05
The problem is buy in  Linux User 147560 | 09/30/05
Yes, but will they see it that way?  CobraA1 | 10/01/05
Yes, it is an ego thing  CobraA1 | 10/01/05
Home users already use lots of network applications.  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Why don't you educate us?  bystander_z | 10/01/05
And like most of ZDNets stories anymore  John Zern | 09/30/05
No, ZDNet has always been reporting on industry trends.  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Still not going to happen  Kerensky97 | 09/30/05
I think you nailed it, Mr. C  Otto_Delete | 09/30/05
I'll believe it - when I see it.  CobraA1 | 09/30/05
What about the death of servers as we know them  scustin | 09/30/05
Hey wasn't that a song lyric?  Squawkbox | 09/30/05
Congratulations; you've just re-invented WEB-TV...  Knorthern Knight | 09/30/05
From many of the stupid posts, many still put money under the matress??  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Explosion of network applications will NOT guarantee Microsofts death.  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
And the Main Frame  btljooz | 10/01/05
They are only saying the importance of the PC will drop.  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
does anybody study physic anymore?  svanvuuren@... | 10/01/05
Servers processing power and storage are advancing just as fast.  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
Be careful what you wish for  CobraA1 | 10/02/05
Persistent. Unrealistic and out of touch with reality, but persistent.  bystander_z | 10/01/05
Storms don't always destroy all the houses, but they do knock out power and  DonnieBoy | 10/01/05
10x, you say?  CobraA1 | 10/02/05
Networks keep getting more reliable, sooner or later, we will  DonnieBoy | 10/02/05
" re: "WHAT IS IT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT . . .."  CobraA1 | 10/02/05
Quite! Without electricity, our technological TOYS are useless.  HypnoToad | 10/02/05
see other zdnet story about $100 MIT laptop (hand cranked)  hipparchus2000 | 10/02/05
$100 MIT crank-up laptop would be perfect  hipparchus2000 | 10/02/05
In corporations, yes. They can afford the broadband needed for the  HypnoToad | 10/02/05
Already happened a while back  hipparchus2000 | 10/02/05
i got three things on why this is complete B.S.  JoeMama_z | 10/02/05

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