Re: Landline telephone service Disappearing in 20 States

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From: J. Clarke
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 04:51

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On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 18:51:38 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca>
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>On Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 3:17:01 PM UTC-7, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
>
>> You cannot use your 300 baud modem anymore? What a shame. How do I dial
>> in to my BBS?
>
>More importantly, how can you use a DSL modem instead of a cable modem, so that 
>high-speed internet is at least a duopoly?

If you consider DSL to be "high speed".  I think its day is coming to
an end.  The "traditional" phone companies are moving to fiber and
giving bandwidth in the same ballpark as the cable companies.  Then
there is cellular and satellite.  At my location I have at least 4
options.

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