dial-up comps group?

[Kenneth Marcy]

On 3/7/2013 8:50 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> I see all the various desktop envs install the 'dial-up' group, which
> has:
>
>        <packagereq type="mandatory">ppp</packagereq>
>        <packagereq type="default">isdn4k-utils</packagereq>
>        <packagereq type="default">linux-atm</packagereq>
>        <packagereq type="default">lrzsz</packagereq>
>        <packagereq type="default">minicom</packagereq>
>        <packagereq type="default">ModemManager</packagereq>
>        <packagereq type="default">rp-pppoe</packagereq>
>        <packagereq type="default">wvdial</packagereq>
>        <packagereq type="optional">efax</packagereq>
>        <packagereq type="optional">pptp</packagereq>
>        <packagereq type="optional">statserial</packagereq>
>
> I can see people perhaps using ModemManager (when they have some kind
> of mobile broadband or the like), but do we need to install the rest of
> that stuff on every desktop anymore?
>
> kevin
>
>
In a word, yes.  The digital divide between urban and rural still 
exists, which means that broadband availability is significantly less in 
rural areas, leaving dial-up the only financially feasible alternative 
for many households.  This situation is exacerbated in physically large 
countries that lack strong national policy for high speed, high capacity 
Internet availability, so continued installation of what might be 
considered geriatric, if not actually primitive, technology continues to 
be necessary.


Ken
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