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I thought Apple's external USB modem was like $49? :P
I stand corrected -- there are OTHER usb modems for less, and that
must be what I was thinking of.
While I applaud the death of internal modems (reliability & quality
issues)... IMO shipping any lower end Mac without one is simply
cheapskateness on Apple's part.
To the best of my knowledge, NO consumer-level Mac ships without a
(telephone) modem -- only the high-end machines.
Residential-class xDSL and Cable are down so often that a
v.90 modem is and will be a necessity for a long time to come.
Maybe where YOU live ... we just had our first serious cable modem
disruption (12 hours!) in FIVE YEARS here.*
*I'm not counting the periods during the hurricanes that passed
through our area last fall -- the power was out, so I don't know if
the cable modem was working or not. :)
_Chas_
"[Commercial] radio is absolutely the enemy of music. They are my
sworn and mortal enemy, and I will have nothing to do with them." --
Elvis Costello, March 2003
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