I understand your points.


I am trying to help out some people.

This setup is for 3 elderly low-income users who share a house and a phone line.
Internet speed is not a big issue for them.
They have time to spare and prefer a big monitor and bigger fonts.

They have AT&T as their phone service provider.
But the copper wire belongs to Verizon.

The DSL providers in the area only work with SBC and Verizon.
Even Verizon will not provide DSL on this line.

AT&T will charge them over $30/month.
But the Dial-up is about $10.

Per user a $3.33/month Internet access is acceptable.

The PC has no hard drive and no floppy drive.
With a Knoppix Live CD they have no real configuration issues to deal with.
When they are done, they just hit the power button.