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Sacrificial Broadband?

Posted by Cliff on from the who-needs-lent? dept.

BitGuy asks: "SBC's VP of Network Engineering reckons that 78% of broadband users would give up their daily newspaper instead of living without their broadband connection (hmm, being a broadband user, I don't need a newspaper), and 63% said they'd give up their morning coffee (the freaks!). Personally I'd rather give up watching TV - what would the rest of Slashdot give up to keep your real sweet net access?"

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  1. Gave up TV and a funny story by mfos.org · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since I'm a poor college student I had to choose between cable TV and broadband. Easiest choice I ever made.

    On a related note, someone I know went to get cable internet but not cable TV. So the cable TV people sent a salesperson over (who, ironically arrived a day before the internet installer) who tried to push cable and premium channels, about how they had a great deal going for $50 bucks a month and how you got some nice premium channels with that as well.

    This guy told her, "Why should I spend and extra $50 bucks a month, when I can download most of those movies over *your* cable internet connection"

  2. Re:I would give up... by GoRK · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... the C# programming language.

  3. Re:one word by BJH · · Score: 2, Funny

    Have kids - that takes care of the sex "problem" pretty well.

  4. I'd giv up th lttr 'e' by jayayeem · · Score: 3, Funny

    n fct 'd gv p ll th vwls

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