You're right about that.  Most of the folks in my region have had cable
modems and/or DSL available for years, but I seem to live in a little pocket
that for some reason has been neglected on both fronts.  The SBC commercials
say "whatever it takes".  Yeah, right.  And what's this I keep reading about
telecommunications infrastructure being overbuilt in the 90's?

For a long time I lamented the fact I couldn't get broadband, but have
lately realized I really don't need it 99% of the time.  Maybe it's just
sour grapes.

Anyway, I used Fresh Download which is freeware (registration after 30 days
is free) to manage the download of the three mandrake CDs.  It did take a
little over a week to get them all, so at this point I'd guess the box will
get there first.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:newbie-owner@;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Barran, Richard
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:35 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: [newbie] wondering about 9.0 pre-orders
>
> Not everyone has (or wants) a broadband connection. In fact, I feel quite
> safe in saying that only a *small minority* of PCs worldwide are connected
> in that way :-) or indeed should ever be; for sending emails and
> occasional browsing a 56k connection is plenty enough!
>

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