I have a friend who still uses WebTV. Should I buy him a rotary phone?

[Orrex]

Honestly. How do I drag this guy into the century? Every time he wants to tell me about a cool site he found on the interwebs, he describes the link but doesn't actually give it to me.

Who knew that WebTV even still existed?!?

[elocs]

1. I started out with WebTv back in the early 90s and it worked just fine for me.

Eventually the dialup was the killer, just too slow. But it was great for basic email and surfing the web and no worry about getting a virus. It is possible to send a link using WebTv. Maybe a WebTv is all your friend needs or wants.

I do think there is a newer version of WebTv that is not dialup, but why pay both WebTv and an ISP both when computers are so inexpensive. When I first had a computer and used MSN as my ISP they threw in WebTv for free so that was good. It was nice when I had a computer problem when it would not work that I could use the actually MSNtv to find help.

[Happyhippychick]

2. First you have to stuff some asbestos back into his ceiling.