buying a 56K modem...

Tim ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au
Tue Dec 19 11:13:03 UTC 2006


On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 08:23 +0000, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Is there really no broadband offering where you live? Keeping Fedora
> up to date (and secure, as security updates are part of the updates)
> over dial-up is a big pain

I think dial-up is going to be around for quite some time longer.  You
can't plug your broadband modem into some other phone line and connect
to your ISP like you can with dial-up.  Roaming wireless isn't the
answer either (with exhorbitant costs, and all the lack-of-security
implications).





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