XPost: rec.audio.pro, comp.dsp   
   From: MrT@home   
      
   "Dick Pierce"  wrote in message   
   news:iclob3$774$1@speranza.aioe.org...   
   > A lot of us on this group remember quite clearly paying   
   > for each and every call, having to gather up a king's   
   > ransom to call 100 miles much less a couple of states   
   > away, being forbidden from  actually owning a telephone,   
   > which came with a round thingy on it, party lines and   
   > paying, in terms of real dollars, about ten times what   
   > I pay now for a land-line service that provides me with   
   > far more actually useful services than even existed   
   > back then.   
      
   Yep, technology has improved in many other areas too, computers have dropped   
   in price and increased in performance far more than telephony. It would be   
   really sad if we were stuck with the same computers, and same phone service   
   we had 50 years ago. Many would argue audio (music) technology hasn't made   
   as much improvement though, but costs have certainly reduced, in real terms   
   at least.   
      
   MrT.   
      
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