It's the less technologically minded that I need the modem for also!! On 13-Oct-05, at 7:30 PM, David Brostoff wrote: > At 10:40 PM +0200 on 10/13/05, Kim Gammelgård wrote: > > >> He, great, it's a waste of money anyhow, I haven't used mine for >> years. >> >> Not meaning to disturb you, but do you live in a third world country? >> > > I am not the OP and don't live in a third-world country (San > Francisco Bay Area) but find my PB modem indispensible (1) during > power outages, (2) at the numerous hotels that still don't have > broadband or charge very high prices for it or (3) when I'm staying > with less-technologically minded relatives who scarcely know--or > care--what broadband is. > > I've even used it when visiting a very high-tech company in Germany > where I couldn't hook into their network but could easily use a > phone line. > > David > > _______________________________________________ > Titanium mailing list > Titanium at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/titanium > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > Robert J. Fisher fisherr at telus.net