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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. My TV is the closet. by km790816 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I second giving up TV. Smartest thing I did when I moved was not getting cable.

    Splurge and get the extra 256k download and you'll still be money a head.

    I have a lot of friends that say "Yeah, but there are great shows on." True, but for every 1 good show I watch 3 horrible ones. It's too damn easy to come home and hit the power button. You just sit and watch and suddenly 2 hours is wasted out of an already short day. After 3 months, I'm over $100 richer and I've read more than I have in the past year. I go to my friends place on Monday for the important shows on Fox. It's amazing how annoying commercials are after not seeing them.

    Try it for a few months! If you need an entertainment fix, listen to radio streaming off the net.

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