For a very long time I was using dialup...DSL was not available because they hardware needed upgrading to allow it...and Verizon was being an @$$ and kept telling us it would be "next month"... after 2 years, I figured it would be "never" as soon as "next month"... SO I went MLP, Multi Line Protocol...ok, so it was Windows, but Linux is far better than windows, so multi line shouldn't be a problem. Just get 2 or more phone lines...thos cheap ones that you can get for "local only" or "fax" or "kids lines" added to your place...and plug in...modems are cheap... boom, your 21k turns into 42...or more... --E-- > On Friday 20 May 2005 00:37, THUFIR HAWAT wrote: >> why should any install of any distribution require more than one cd? >> If most users are downloading either multiple cd or dvd .iso's, then >> they are wasting their time and bandwith unless they use everything on >> those downloads. >> >> all anyone needs is the "minimal," although, of course, what is and >> isn't minimal is contentious. the rest should be installed with yum, >> or emerge, or foo, or whatever. >> >> Of course, my rant presuposes an internet connection. >> >> -Thufir > > I sit on the end of 9 or 10 *miles* of crappy copper - No DSL. I sit on a > dead-end gravel road with about 15-20 other familys - No Cable Television and > therefore No Cable Modems. Satellite service is expensive and unreliable, > when it's available. > > So I use dialup and I feel lucky when I can get a 21.6K connection. None of > the automatic updaters are practical for me, so I manually pick and choose > what I think is important. > > Broadband penetration in the US and especially the Western US is *much* > smaller than those of you in the big cities imagine. > > -- > Jerry Gaiser in North Plains, Oregon USA (Zone8a) - 45.6933N 123.0418W > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
