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Old Apr 27, 2004 | 6:18 am
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Originally Posted by LIH Prem
Me: Hello, do you have high speed internet in the rooms?
Front Desk Clerk: Yes, but you have to dial out.
Me: <stunned silence>

After clarifying that she meant you can connect your computer to the telephone and use a dial-up modem, I said "thank you" and hung up.
-David

At least you had phone lines, that was luxury. When I was young we used to connect a piece of string between paper cups, tie my kid sister to the string run her along it to send messages. But you tell that to people these days and they don't believe you.
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