From Phil Ronan
Make the Internet work for you is the title of a booklet from the
Yellow Pages that I received recently. Apparently it’s posted to everyone who
responded to the offer of a free home page at the Yellow Pages website.
On page 3, it recommends that potential Web surfers use a computer “with at
least 16K of RAM”, and as for modems “the minimum to go for is a 28.8 bps,
although a 33.3 or 56 will be better”.
Was it a slip-up, or is BT, which owns the Yellow Pages, hoping for a
thousand-fold increase in connection times to boost its profits?
Exeter, Devon
