Am I missing something here? ... The whole point of the "unacceptable" $69 USB drive is that someone in grelber's shoes would be able to reinstall Lion without broadband (or indeed, any) internet access.
No you are not missing anything. But another person who writes in here is. He is not paying attention.
He seems to think that every Mac owner should have broadband. And if a Mac owner doesn't but wants to reinstall Lion and asks how, the answer according to him is, in effect, to get broadband. But that is not an answer. The question at issue is what answer to suggest given the absence of broadband.
Smart people can sometimes miss the point though inattention (or for other reasons).
