My mother lives 7 miles from downtown Salem, the capital of Oregon, and has no broadband available. This most definitely is a problem for me to be able to communicate with her even if she didn't want it, which she does.
It's akin to the early days of answering machines. It's not just a convenience for the recipient, but the caller too.
At least she has a shitty satellite connection for the price of broadband, but it still sucks to try to remotely support her, impossible to iChat, etc.
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My mother lives 7 miles from downtown Salem, the capital of Oregon, and has no broadband available. This most definitely is a problem for me to be able to communicate with her even if she didn't want it, which she does. It's akin to the early days of answering machines. It's not just a convenience for the recipient, but the caller too. At least she has a shitty satellite connection for the price of broadband, but it still sucks to try to remotely support her, impossible to iChat, etc.