How sad that you have to go through that big expense; I especially would not be comfortable with that. But I guess it is all a trade-off; that's what happens when you live where there are more trees than people. On the other hand, in this area we probably are taxed more here than in any other place in the country. And I'm sure our easy availability of services in NYC is all offset by our phenomenal rents and high cost of real estate. --- Harold ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Kaulback" > Harold, you are not the last American dial up user. A recent report showed > that about 10% of Americans continue to use dial up while another 60% use > broadband which is way better than up here in Canada.I just found out how > much I will have to pay to get broadband installed: $2000.00+. The plus > being the unknown of having a 90 foot high tower, I might need another 5 > or 10 feet which tips the scales another $1000.00! For that much I'm just > going to offer them space for a 400 foot tower in exchange for access ;) > Or better yet wait another 4 years to see what else comes up...Peter > Kaulback > > Harold B. wrote: >> Hear ye hear ye ... a change of email address. Hugh said I'm the last >> American to switch from dial-up to DSL. Besides the amazing speed in this >> DSL, there's a savings of $30 a month. The $20 I'm paying for this >> current RCN is will now be going to Verizon, but I will no longer be >> needing this 30 dollar second line. Doesn't take a big brain to see the >> advantage. So, effective 3pm today, August 9, the new email address here >> will be: <snip> (following Clint's instructions *s*) Thank you for your >> patience --- Harold B. (Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, NY) PS ... the >> difference with this DSL sure is beautiful. ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-