Here's the simplified version to my original post.
"PSO is designed to be an online game, although there is a chance the game will come out before online [play through a GameCube] is ready."
Translation: PSO will be designed with online in mind, but if thing don't go as they hope, they might release it before the modem it's ready. You won't be able to play online until the modem arrives, but that
does not mean PSO won't have the functionality.
That is exactly why they made the following comment.
"I'm trying very hard to talk to Nintendo so that the modem will come out the same time as the game"
So BlueFire and Co, I hope that relieves you all a bit.
PS: This is all a big misunstanding, and as usual, those trigger-happy clowns at PGC are at fault for firing the wrong message(that's begining to piss me off too, it's always them).