John W. wrote:
> necoandjeff wrote:
>  > Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
>  >
>  >> necoandjeff wrote:
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>> John W. wrote:
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>>> For those interested, there's a short article in the January
>  >>>> _Wired_ about using a broadband connection to watch
>  >>>> international programming. The technology is TV2Me and is
>  >>>> expensive; see www.spaceshift.net. John W.
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>> Something to consider if they ever shut down bittorrent.
>  >>
>  >> Broadband? What's that? Me, I'll be happy to see a 56K modem
>  again. >>  I've ordered a 256kbps wireless radio link, and it will
>  cost me >> $800/month once it is installed, which might be sometime
>  in a few >> months ... no one is sure. Right now, I am connecting at
>  28.8.... >
>  >
>  > Access to broadband is an absolute deal breaker for where I am
>  > willing to live. Where did you move to again?
>  >
> I enjoy broadband, but I'm sort of a luddite at heart and I'm content
> with dial up for now. But if I could access real Japanese TV via the
> Web I would without question upgrade to cable or DSL.

Foregoing computers and the Internet altogether would be a luddite.
Accessing it through dial-up is just asceticism...