Dial-up Modems no longer supported

[Tek Ang]

Well, this discussion intrigued me to test drive BlankOn: 
http://tek-ubuntu.blogspot.com/


 :: Ang Tek Gie
:: rugbeeprop at yahoo.com




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From: Tek Ang <rugbeeprop at yahoo.com>
To: John.Hopkinson at kwictech.com; The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community 
<ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Mon, February 21, 2011 12:22:05 PM
Subject: Re: Dial-up Modems no longer supported



Who is Ubuntu's audience target?

I do agree with the availability of network access around the world. We are 
fortunate living in North America where high speed Internet access is relatively 
available almost everywhere because we have the infrastructure for it to happen.

When I went back to Indonesia, the majority of areas use phone line for their 
Internet access with various range of speed. Wifi hotspots were available in 
some areas like malls, coffee shops, etc. Growing up in Indonesia, the mindset 
regarding computers and technology are slightly different than us. They do want 
the latest and greatest things and this is where the 'pirates' come in play. You 
can find any software for literally less than the price  of a bag of peanuts. 
And most of the users (almost like any general users in North America), updating 
for the latest packages/updates is not as crucial as all of us in this forum 
(which I am assuming that we run updates on a daily basis).

So, what I think are:

	* Dial up should be made available for now (can someone confirm that even 
Windows 7 still support it?)
	* Humanity has come a long way from using stone. The success is due to our 
ingenuity, creativity and looking outside the box. So, lacking high speed access 
may not prevent anyone from obtaining anything.
	* There are a few Linux distributions that are developed in some of these 
countries. Balinux and BlankOn comes to mind from Indonesia. I know there are 
several distributions comes from China (I don't remember the name, but one of 
them made the look and feel like Windows XP).
	* So I am sure that these distributions may address the challenges that we are  
discussing.


 :: Ang Tek Gie
:: rugbeeprop at yahoo.com
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