hi all in the philippines where cellphones are everywhere, the landline is now second choice when someone wants to communicate to another
so using it for dialup is o.k. that is much more cheaper than dsl (10 cents per hour versus about less than $15 for cheapest dsl) rene abad y3k foundation ======= At 2005-08-23, 07:46:00 you wrote: ======= >hi everyone - > > verizon will be announcing today a low-tier dsl service to attract >dial-up uesrs who haven't switched yet. i think this is wonderful >news, especially for families (or households of unrelated persons) >with more than one computer. > > the most important aspect of this news is that it allows persons who >formerly had dial-up to now have a phone line open for voice >communication while they're using the internet. people need an open >phone line for communications regarding work, family, friends, etc. > > busy-phone-line dial-up has caused people to lose work opportunities >and placed undue strains on relationships between family and >friends. > > this dsl service also brings free internet telephony, such as skype >and gizmo (http://www.gizmoproject.com), within the range of many more >people. > > increasing the speed of this dsl service will be google's web >accelerator (for windows) and firefox (with its effective popup >blocking.) http://webaccelerator.google.com) > > this dsl service will put rich media within the reach of many more >people. we haven't yet seen the development of large scale community >video being distributed over the internet, but that opportunity is >now available using the free video aggregator software called >fireant. http://antisnottv.net > > on the other side of the coin, the year-long requirement for this >service could end up being unduly burdensome on a large number of >people. we live in a very mobile society. people who most need this >service are the ones who will need to move for work reasons or for >other personal reasons. (spouses trying to escape abusive >relationships, as an example.) > > being locked into a year-long contract means that not a small number >of people will be paying for service they're not using -- at their >former residence. a six-month (or nine-month) service contract >requirement would be more appropriate. > > if this is economically not feasible for verizon, they ought to >consider raising the rate of this service to $17 or $18/month to >make it more feasible for people to use a service without a >year-long lock-in. >(or offer an option to go with $15/month with lock-in, and $18/month >without lock-in.) > > - phil > >the giant sucking sound you'll hear in september is the sound of dial-up >users canceling their AOL accounts. it's my view that AOL may potentially >lose 5 million or more dial-up accounts as a result of verizon's low-tier >dsl initiative. > >-- >Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.his.com/pshapiro/ (personal) >http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/pshapiro (blog) >http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro (technology access work) >http://mytvstation.blogspot.com/ (video and rich media) > >"Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others." - Desiderata >_______________________________________________ >DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list >DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org >http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide >To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE >in the body of the message. > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.15/80 - Release Date: 8/23/2005 > >. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Best regards. Rene G. Abad [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-08-24 _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
