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<DIV><SPAN class=041422507-30102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
All...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=041422507-30102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Point
taken...I was thinking about my clients that have desktop machines, not laptops.
I guess that external modems are a pain for laptop users ( personally
owning a laptop I know about this problem)...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=041422507-30102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=041422507-30102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Michael</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
wellylug-admin@lists.naos.co.nz [mailto:wellylug-admin@lists.naos.co.nz]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Jethro Carr<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 30 October 2003 7:21
a.m.<BR><B>To:</B> LUG<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [wellylug] Linuxant gone
commercial!!!<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 18:42, Michael Dittmer
wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"><FONT color=#737373 size=3><I> </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>Hi All...</FONT><BR><FONT color=#737373 size=3> </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>I'm going to stir the pot a little here and say "Get Broadband (Cable
or DSL)" and then you don't have to worry about modem
drivers.</FONT><BR><FONT color=#737373 size=3> </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>If you can't afford to get broardband or it is not offered in your
area, I tell my clients who use linux to get an external hardware based
modem, this saves all the problems.</FONT><BR><FONT color=#737373
size=3> </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>As for modems, I'm keeping my D-Link
56k external for when I might need it. :-)</FONT><BR><FONT
color=#737373 size=3></I></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=3>The problem is that
people with laptops, don't really want to lug a external modem around the
place.</FONT><BR>
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